Frans Post
Dutch painter
Died when: 67 years 261 days (812 months)Star Sign: Gemini
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Frans Janszoon Post (17 November 1612 – 17 February 1680) was a painter during the Dutch Golden Age.He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas, during and after the period of Dutch Brazil In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil in northeast of South America at the invitation of the governor Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen.
His works were widely collected in The Netherlands, Europe, and Brazil, with the works showing an idealized vision of Dutch colonial rule.
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