Breughel

BREUGHEL (or BRUEGHEL), PIETER, Flemish painter, was the son of a peasant residing in the village of Breughel near Breda.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

The emptiness of the whole notion of an everlasting 'good time' is shown up in Breughel's picture The Land of the Sluggard, where the three great lumps of fat lie asleep, head to head, with the boiled eggs and roast legs of pork coming up to be eaten of their own accord.

Why Socialists Don't Believe In Fun 1998

Dotted with romantic castles and medieval churches, its bucolic landscapes have drawn artists from Breughel to Brel.

Drives That Leave the City Behind 2011

It is to depict the life of my people as I know it, passionately and dispassionately as Breughel.

Impressionistic Memories David Yezzi 2011

Breughel painting the countryside of the Middle Ages would have recognized the scene.

A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010

Especially as they knew about blue in the distance centuries earlier - Breughel, for instance.

Light and Form, Part 2 James Gurney 2010

Lewis Carroll's quote "Life, what is it but a dream" tops off the program notes, and true to its billing a mixed-up, jumbly dream quality governs Taylor's design principle (richly supported by Santo Loquasto's Breughel-inspired costumes and Jennifer Tipton's lighting).

Sarah Kaufman reviews Paul Taylor's 'Phantasmagoria' 2010

Mark Schowalter gave energy and toughness to the big role of Piet, clad as a Breughel peasant figure, who has to sing with a drunken, shouting heaviness through the whole evening.

Le Grand Macabre: Death, be not proud 2010

As if to lay prior claim to German artistic heritage, Dix turned to painting Breughel-inspired landscapes, Düreresque portraits, and even Gruenewaldian religious scenes.

Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Dix's Mix (No Quick Fix) 2010

In Bosch and Breughel, the failings of humankind inspired great images; and following their example, the Belgian painter James Ensor (1860-1949) brought the human caricature up to date.

Ensor Unmasked 2009