The content on this page is aggregated and is not affiliated with the artist.
Willem Gabron (alternative first names: Guilliam, Guiliam, William, nickname: Toetsteen) (1619, Antwerp – 2 August 1678, Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque still life painter.
He was registered in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke as a ‘wijnmeester’ (i.e. son of a master of the Guild) in 1640-41. It is not clear with whom he studied but it was possibly with his father. His sister Anna Maria married the Antwerp sculptor Artus Quellinus the Elder.
In 1646 he traveled to Rome, where he became a member of the Bentvueghels, an association of mainly Dutch and Flemish artists working in Rome. It was customary for the Bentvueghels to adopt an appealing nickname, the so-called 'bent name'. Gabron was given the bent name Toetsteen, which means 'touchstone'.
He returned to Antwerp before 1660 where he remained active until his death.
Only a few of his works have been preserved. His still life paintings were very sought after. He excelled in the painting of fruit and flowers as well as in the realist representation of golden, silver and ivory objects.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Gabron) undefined