Frans Post
Painting, Visual Artist
1612 – 1680
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Who was Frans Post?
Frans Janszoon Post was a Dutch painter.
He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas, and therefore of South America. In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil at the invitation of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen.
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- Born
- Jun 1, 1612
Leiden - Also known as
- Frans Janszoon Post
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Profession
- Lived in
- Haarlem
- Died
- 1680
Haarlem
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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