부산대학교 도서관

(b c. 1375–1379; d Tournai, 1444). South Netherlandish painter. He is first mentioned in 1405–1406 as a painter in Tournai. As he purchased citizenship there in 1410, he may have been born elsewhere. There is evidence of some connection with Valenciennes, where the name Campin is said to have been common, but nothing certain is known of his artistic training and background. Campin’s career can be traced through various Tournai records. He was frequently employed by the municipality from 1408 to 1441 for banners and other decorative ephemera. He also worked on more considerable paintings, in particular in 1428 on a mural in the Halle des Jurez depicting SS. Piat and Eleuthère and the King, Queen, and Dauphin of France. Alterations to the Halle led to the mural’s destruction in 1436, but it was sufficiently esteemed to be copied by another artist before demolition. Campin’s polychromy of statues brought him into direct contact with the flourishing Tournai sculptural tradition: he worked not only for the town, as in ...