BROUWER, or BRAUWES,

See also:

• ADRIAN
• ADRIAN, SAINT

ADRIAN (1608-1640)  , Dutch painter, was born at Haarlem, of very humble parents, who bound him apprentice to the painter Frans Hals . Brouwer had an admirable eye for colour, and much spirit in design; and these gifts his master appears to have turned to his-own profit, while his pupil was half starved . As the result of this ungenerous treatment, Brouwer was frequently brought into low company and dissipated scenes, which he delineated with great spirit and vivid colouring in his pictures . The unfortunate artist died in a hospital at Antwerp at the early age of thirty-two, consequently his works are few and rarely met with . The largest collection of his masterpieces is in the Pinakothek at Munich .