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He was sometimes called "Peasant Breughel" because his paintings are often about peasant life, and because he liked dressing up like one and attending peasant weddings.

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Painter of Peasant wedding?

Pieter Brueghel


Did Pieter Brueghel paint The Peasant Dance?

Yes he did.


Who created the peasant dance?

The Peasant Dance was painted by Pieter Bruegel/Brueghel the Elder in 1568. There is also A Peasant Dance by Peter Paul Rubens painted around 1630. Rubens was a good friend of Jan Bruegel/Brueghel the Elder, son of Pieter Bruegel/Brueghel the Elder.


Painted the peasant dance a painting that relied on detail and realism?

Pieter Bruegel/Brueghel the Elder in 1568


When did Pieter Brueghel the Younger die?

Pieter Brueghel the Younger died in 1636.


What Did Pieter Brueghel Believe In?

pieter brueghel is a humanist and believed that all humans have worth and potential to do great things


Where did Pieter Brueghel go to school?

In hartford


When was Pieter Van Den Bosch born?

Pieter Brueghel the Elder was born in c. 1525. Pieter Brueghel the Younger was born in 1564 or 1565.


Did anyone inspire Pieter Brueghel?

Hieronymus Bosch


Did Pieter Brueghel have a wife?

Yes, and talented children.


Why was Pieter Bruegel famous?

Pieter Brueghel, born sometime 1525, died 1569, is generally considered to be the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century. He was well known for his Landscapes and pictures of Peasant Life. In 1559 he dropped the h from his surname.


What is Pieter Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus?

Do you mean Pieter Bruegel? Well, I am sure you do. He spelled his name Brueghel until 1559, and his sons retained the "h" in the spelling of their names. Pieter Bruegel was an artist who painted a picture with oil on canvas named Landscape with the fall of Icarus. This painting was done in 1558 and depicts a boy named Icarus falling and drowning while his surroundings, a peasant, a shepherd and a fisherman, are ignorant to the problem.