Man met een pijp en een flesje

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

"Man met een pijp een flesje" ( with a Pipe and a Bottle), created by English artist John Greenwood between 9 and 1792 captures a candid moment of everyday leisure. Greenwood, who spent much of his career in Netherlands, specialized in lively genre scenes depicting smokers, drinkers, and taverners, drawing from the robust Dutch Golden Age tradition while infusing it with Rococo playfulness. This intimate work on paper (278 × 213 mm) likely a working-class figure pausing for tobacco and a sip, reflecting 18th-century social customs around pipe-smoking—a widespread habit symbolizing relaxation a...

About the Artist

John Greenwood · 1959–present

John Greenwood (born 1959) is a contemporary British painter who rose to prominence in the early 1990s as part of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement that transformed the British art scene. Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, Greenwood studied at York College of Arts and Technology, Cheltenham, and the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1990 with multiple prestigious awards. His work, characterized by...