Judith Leyster was born in Harlem, Holland on 28th July 1609. Her father was a weaver turned a successful brewer. Like her brothers and sisters she learned reading, writing and arithmetic and differentiated herself with Painting. she was believed to have been sent to study with a renowned textile merchant called Franz Pietersz de Grebber. Between 1629 to 1636, she competed successfully with the most popular artists of her time. She specialised in lively genre scenes, which she imbued with a special intimacy often using dramatic lighting effect.
Like many Dutch arts of her time, her paintings make a moral observation in a light hearted manner.
Her free brushwork and impulsiveness of her figures was much influenced by her Harlem contemporaries, particularly Franz Hals, with whom she was believed to have studied with.
In 1636, she got married to a fellow artist Jan Molenaer, and laid most of her concentration on domestic and business matters. Her reputation was completely obscured after her death till early in the 19th century she was slowly but decisively rediscovered.
These are few of her work.
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