Gillis van Coninxloo (1544 - 1607)

• Was a Flemish painter of landscapes.
• He spent the last 20 years of his life abroad, first in Germany and later in the Dutch Republic.
• He was born in Antwerp and studied under Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Lenaert Kroes and Gillis Mostaert.
• He travelled in France after completing his training.
• He became a member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1570.
• He worked in Antwerp until 1585 when Antwerp fell to the Spanish.
• He left first for Middelburg and then in 1587 for Frankenthal where he was active until 1595.
• He then moved to Amsterdam where he died in 1607.
• He had many pupils including Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Govert Govertsz van Arnhem, Willem van den Bundel, Gillis van Coninxloo III, Jonas van Merle, Hercules Seghers and Jacques van der Wijen.
• Van Mander stated that Coninxloo's teacher Pieter Coeke van Aelst was his cousin, and that I know at this time of no better landscape painter, and I notice that they are following his manner very much in Holland.
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