Peter Angelis (1685 – 1734)

• Was a Flemish painter.
• Variously recorded as Pieter Angellis, Pieter Anchillus, Pieter van Angellis or Pieter Angelles.
• Born at Dunkirk in 1685.
• After learning the rudiments of art in his native town, he visited Flanders and Germany.
• He also spent some time at Antwerp, where he was made a master of the Guild of St. Luke, in 1715–16.
• He painted conversation-pieces, and landscapes with small figures, into which he often introduced fruit and fish.

• In about 1719 he moved to England where he met with great success and stayed for sixteen years.

• In 1727 he set out for Italy, and spent three years at Rome.

• He intended to return to England, but when he reached Rennes, in Brittany, he found his work in such demand there that he decided to stay.

• He died in Rennes in 1734.

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