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Hieronymus Bosch, (also '''Jeroen Bosch''' or '''Jerome Bosch''') (c. 1450 – August , 1516 ) was a prolific Dutch Painter of the 15th and 16th century. Many of His Works depict Sin and human Moral failings. Bosch used images of Demons , half-human animals and machines to evoke fear and confusion to portray the evil of man. The works contain complex, highly original, imaginative, and dense use of symbolic figures and Iconography , some of which was obscure even in his own time. He is said to have been an inspiration to the Surrealism movement in the 20th Century . His true name was Jheronimus (or Jeroen) van Aken. He signed some of his paintings with ''Bosch'' (pronounced as ''Boss'' in Dutch), derived from his birthplace 's-Hertogenbosch , a flourishing city in the fifteenth century. In Spanish he is often called '''El Bosco'''. Born to a family of Dutch and German painters, he spent most of his life in 's-Hertogenbosch , a town in the south of today's Netherlands. In 1463, some 4000 houses in the town were destroyed by a catastrophic fire, which the then about 13-year-old Bosch may have witnessed. This might have been a contributing factor in his obsession with Hell. He became a popular painter and even received commissions from abroad. In 1488 he joined the Brotherhood of Our Lady, an arch conservative religious group of some 40 influential citizens of 's-Hertogenbosch and some 7000 'outer-members' from all over Europe. '']] STYLE AND WORKS He produced several Triptych s, works of three paintings on wooden panels that are attached to each other. Among his most famous is '' The Garden Of Earthly Delights ''. This triptych depicts paradise with Adam And Eve and many wondrous animals on the left panel, the earthly delights with numerous nude figures and tremendous fruit and birds on the middle panel, and Hell with depictions of fantastic punishments of the various types of Sinners on the right panel. When the exterior panels are closed the viewer can see, painted in Grisaille , God creating the earth. These paintings have a rough surface from the application of paint; this contrasts with the traditional Flemish Style of paintings, where the smooth surface attempts to hide the fact that the painting is man-made. Towards the end of his life, Bosch's style changed and he created paintings with a small number of large figures who appear to almost leave the painting and stand close to the observer. An example is Christ Crowned with Thorns. Bosch never dated his paintings and may have signed only some of them (other signatures are certainly not his). All in all, about 25 paintings remain today that are attributed to him. Philip II Of Spain bought many of Bosch's paintings after the painter's death; as a result, the Prado Museum in Madrid now owns several of his works, including the ''Garden of Earthly Delights''. Pieter Brueghel The Elder was influenced by Bosch's work and produced several paintings in a similar style, for instance the 1562 work '' The Triumph Of Death ''. LIST OF WORKS See Also: Hieronymus Bosch paintings
AFTER DEATH There is a children's picture book called '' Pish, Posh, Said Heironymous Bosch '', which tells the story of the painter and his girlfriend living in their house with many of Bosch's creature creations coming to life (this drives his girlfriend crazy, who temporarily leaves him). BIBLIOGRAPHY Jos Koldeweij/Bernard Vermet/Barbera van Kooij: ''Hieronymus Bosch. New Insights Into His Life and Work'', NAi Publishers, Rotterdam 2001, ISBN 90-5662-214-5. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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