Adriaen van Ostade

Adriaen van Ostade spent most of his life in Haarlem, painting tavern scenes, village fairs and the cottages of ordinary country people. He was the eldest son of a weaver from the hamlet of Ostade near Eindhoven, and he took that name as a painter. The RKD says he became a pupil of Frans Hals and joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1634. A few years later, Rembrandt's influence suddenly changed his style. He ran a workshop whose pupils included Jan Steen, and he died in Haarlem in 1685. Browse 330 works by Adriaen van Ostade from 45 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia