Adriaen Coorte (c.1665-1707+) was a Dutch painter of still life. He is assumed to have been born and died in Middelburg. He became a pupil of Melchior d'Hondecoeter around 1680 in Amsterdam. Hondecoeter is known for repetitions of certain birds in certain poses, and he apparently took on pupils who were set to work copying these into their compositions.
Coorte signed works after 1683. He painted small and unpretentious still-lifes in a retrograde, close-up style. From 1683 he seems to have returned to Middelburg, where he set up a workshop and signed his small, carefully balanced minimalist still lifes. He often painted on paper that was glued to a wooden panel. About 80 signed works by him have been catalogued, mostly of small arrangements of fruits, vegetables, or shells on a stone slab, lit from above, with the dark background typical of still lifes earlier in the century.
Strawberries_and_Red_Currants_on_a_Marble_Ledge.jpg (1685)
Strawberries, Asparagus, and Gooseberries in a Niche (1685, PD) Coorte
Stilleven_met_een_vlinder%2C_abrikozen%2C_kersen_en_een_kastanje (1685)
Fruit_on_a_Stone_Table_with_Landscape_Beyond.jpg (1685)
Vanitas Still Life (1686, PD) Coorte
Stilleven_met_rode_aalbesses mispels druiven_en_een_libelle (1686)
Still_life_with_hanging_bunch_of_grapes%2C_two_medlars_and_a_butterfly.jpg (1687)
Vier abrikozen op een stenen plint (1688, PD) Coorte
Grapes%2C_Medlars%2C_Apricots_and_a_Fig.jpg (1688)
Vanitas_still_life_in_a_niche.jpg (1688)
Two peaches and a fritillary butterfly on a stone plinth (1680-1690, PD) Coorte
Peach and two Apricots (1692, PD) Coorte
Strawberries in a stone jar (1693, PD) Coorte
Still life with three peaches on a stone legde and a butterfly (1693-1695, PD) Coorte
Instead of the Chinese or silver vessels favoured by his contemporaries, his tableware is very basic pottery. Archival evidence only exists in Middelburg for his membership in the Guild of St. Luke there from 1695 onwards, when he was fined for selling a painting without being a member of the guild. His works appear frequently in contemporary Middelburg taxation inventories.
Grapes%2C_Peaches_and_Apricots_on_a_Stone_Plinth.jpg (1695)
Asparagus (1696, PD) Coorte
Strawberries (1696, PD) Coorte
Still life with Hazelnuts (1696, PD) Coorte
Een_bakje_aardbeien_op_een_stenen_plint (1696, PD) Coorte
Perziken_en_abrikozen_op_een_stenen_richel.jpg (1696)
Five_Shells_on_a_Slab_of_Stone (1696)
Two_Large_and_Three_Small_Shells (1696)
A bowl of strawberries with gooseberries on a stone ledge / Still life with a bowl of strawberries and a spray of gooseberries (1696)
Still Life with Shells (1697, PD) Adriaen Coorte
Still Life with Asparagus (1697, PD) Adriaen Coorte
Breakfast_Piece.jpg (1697)
Shell Collection (1698, PD) Coorte
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Asparagus, Gooseberries and Strawberries in a Window, with a view of a Bird in a Tree (1698, PD) Coorte
Still life with asparagus, a spray of gooseberries and a bowl of strawberries (1698, PD) Coorte
Black_Currants.jpg (1698)
Schelpen_op_een_stenen_plint
Pot_of_Strawberries.jpg (1700s)
Strawberries_in_a_Stone_Jar_-_after_1700.jpg
Gooseberries on a Table (1701, PD) Coorte
Still_life_with_a_spray_of_gooseberries.jpg (1702)
Still Life with Five Apricots (1704, PD) Coorte
Wild strawberries in a Wan Li bowl (1704, PD) Coorte
Chestnuts (1705)
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Grapes_on_a_Stone_Ledge_1705.jpg
Green_Gooseberries_on_a_Stone_Plinth.jpg (1705)
Drie perziken op een stenen plint (1705, PD) Coorte
Three medlars with a Butterfly (1705, PD) Coorte
Coorte was apparently not well known to his contemporaries outside the small city of Middelburg and, like Vermeer a century before, he was almost entirely forgotten until the 1950s. An exhibition of 35 examples of Coorte's work in 1958 at the Dordrechts Museum, became a sensation in the Netherlands, with the poets Hans Faverey and Ed Leeflang both being inspired by the paintings.
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