van Eyck

British

/ væn ˈaɪk /

noun

Jan (jɑn). died 1441, Flemish painter; founder of the Flemish school of painting. His most famous work is the altarpiece The Adoration of the Lamb, in Ghent, in which he may have been assisted by his brother Hubert (ˈhyːbərt), died ?1426

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Pondering these points of analysis, the preface weaves in studio photographs, Kodak snaps and paintings by Jan van Eyck, Bronzino and Titian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Dylan van Eyck had 10 points, five assists and three blocks.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022

Pat Adams is something like the Jan van Eyck of postwar American abstraction.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021

This two-part painting by the incomparable Jan van Eyck is like black metal music emanating from a bouquet of flowers.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020

The painter of Richard II. was not happy with his figures unless they were standing up or kneeling in profile, but Hubert van Eyck can draw them with tolerable success lying down, or sitting huddled.

From The Book of Art for Young People by Agnes Ethel Conway

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