Les Chevaux d’Après Van der Meulen – Horses after Van der Meulen…
But who is Van der Meulen?
Horse trainer? Who?
Designed by Hugo Grygkar, the highly talented artist, who created the very first Hermès carré and, alongside Robert Dumas, played a pivotal role in shaping the Hermès carré as we know it today. You can learn more about the Father of the Hermès carré here.
But back to the Les Chevaux d’Après Van der Meulen. Van der Meulen was a seventeenth century Flemish painter. Adam Frans van der Meulen was renowned for his dynamic battle scenes. He significantly influenced the development of military painting in France, where he lived and enjoyed a flourishing career
Van der Meulen was especially famous for his accurate depictions of horses in various battle scenes. He developed several studies of horses, that he and his apprentices used as references and models for numerous paintings.
In his d’Apres van der Meulen carré, Hugo Grygkar masterfully depicts twenty-nine horses engaged in a dynamic array of poses and activities, creating a captivating study in his own right.
Grygkar’s study, however, is not confined to a frame, a museum; it is a wearable work of art, designed to be worn and enjoyed year-round!
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