Paulus Lesire, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paulus Lesire

Dutch painter, 1611-after 1656

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1611

Place of Birth: Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1656

Profession: artist, painter, etcher, printmaker, drawer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Paulus Lesire (1611-1654) was a Dutch painter who specialised in history paintings and portraits. Born in Dordrecht, he was the son of a decorative painter and glass-artist from The Hague.
He trained as a painter in Dordrecht and was probably a pupil of Jacob Cuyp, joining the town's Guild of St Luke in 1631.
On 10 September 1634 he married Lowize de Claar from the Hague and a few years later moved to the Hague with her.
His composition and use of light seems to have been influenced by Rembrandt during the latter's time in Leiden, to which Lesire moved towards the end of his life and where he died.



Alternative names	Paulus Lezier, Paulus le Sire
Description	Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker
Date of birth/death	March 1611 (baptised)	after 1654 date QS:P,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death	Dordrecht	The Hague (?)
Work period	between circa 1631 and circa 1654 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1631-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Dordrecht (1634), The Hague (1647-1650)
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