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Pieter Bruegel

Pieter Bruegel

1 8.4
A Flemish painter known for detailed scenes of peasant life and landscapes
  • proper noun
: Pieter Bruegel
  • Pieter Bruegel's works offer a vivid portrayal of 16th-century peasant life in the Netherlands.

Examples

  • The museum's collection includes several masterpieces by Pieter Bruegel.

  • Students studied Pieter Bruegel to understand the evolution of landscape painting.

  • The famous painter Pieter Bruegel created stunning works of art.

  • Have you ever seen a painting by Pieter Bruegel?

  • Pieter Bruegel's works offer a vivid portrayal of 16th-century peasant life in the Netherlands.

  • The museum's collection includes several masterpieces by Pieter Bruegel.

  • Students studied Pieter Bruegel to understand the evolution of landscape painting.

Synonyms

Brueghel
vsPieter Bruegel
1 9.4

A Flemish painter known for detailed village and landscape scenes

mentions the painter without stressing elevated status or wider historical praise
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
vsPieter Bruegel
1 8.8

A 16th-century painter from Flanders who painted detailed landscapes and village life

is the more common name form without alternative spelling or extra titles
Pieter Brueghel
vsPieter Bruegel
1 8.9

A famous painter from Flanders in the 1500s who painted village and farm life

uses the standard name form without added variants or alternate spelling
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
vsPieter Bruegel
9.3

A Flemish painter from the 1500s who painted detailed landscapes and scenes of village life

uses exact dates rather than indicating an approximate birth year
Breughel the Elder
vsPieter Bruegel
9.3

A painter from Flanders in the 1500s who painted landscapes and peasant life

focuses on the painter's subjects without highlighting exceptional historical standing
Pieter Breughel
vsPieter Bruegel
7.9

A Flemish painter from the 1500s known for detailed landscapes and village life scenes

restricts the painter's association to the Flemish tradition only

Surface Forms

Pieter Bruegel main

Morphology

Pieter + Bruegel

This is a proper name composed of two personal name elements; knowing the tokens 'Pieter' and 'Bruegel' (which are not lexical items with descriptive meanings) does not let a B1 learner infer the referent is a renowned Flemish painter. Proper names are arbitrary labels rather than compositional phrases, so the biographical/professional meaning cannot be derived from the constituents.

Etymology

Pieter Bruegel was a famous painter in the 1500s who painted wide landscapes and busy village scenes. He filled his pictures with many small people doing everyday jobs, so we remember him as the artist who shows 'peasant life'.