Flemish painter

Antwerp 1595 – 1672/73 Antwerp

 

Important landscape painter.

 

Probably pupil of his father, Artus, who was also a landscape painter.

 

Master in the Painter’s Guild of Saint Luke from the year 1626/27 on.

 

Lucas van Uden is said to have worked in Rubens’ workshop. He was strongly influenced by Rubens and copied him during the 1630.

 

He collaborated with numerous figure painters: Pieter van Avont, Hendrick van Balen, Pieter Bout, Gonzales Coques, Frans Francken II, Jacob Jordaens, Jan Baptist van der Meiren and David Teniers II.

 

He was influenced by Joost de Momper II in his vast panoramic landscapes and by Jan Brueghel I in his small-scale landscapes.