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KINDERSPIELE CHILDREN'S GAMES by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder 15251569 Pieter Bruegel ( PE ter BROY gul) was born in Belgium. (Sometimes his name is spelled Brueghel .) In 1551 he became an apprentice of an artist, Aelst. He traveled to Italy about that time and painted many pictures, mostly landscapes. He was about 26 years old at the time. He married the daughter of his master. His paintings were very popular in his time, and are still popular today, over 400 years later. In the painting "Children's Games", he shows children playing all sorts of games. Children today still play versions of some of the games shown. He liked to paint a lot of small figures in a large space. He was called Pieter the Elder. He had two sons who became famous painters. One of them was named Pieter, and he was called Pieter the Younger. His grandsons also became artists. This was quite an artistic family.

Name ______________________ Date _____________________________ Kinderspiele - Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1525-1569 View the picture , "Children's Games" while you answer the questions. 1. What colors do you mainly see in the painting? ___________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 2. What are some of the games they are playing? ____________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. Why was the artist called "the Elder"? __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. Go to the link "Biography of Pieter Bruegel, the Elder". Scroll down and click on "The Peasant Wedding". Study the painting. Which person do you think is the bride in the picture? ______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ There are two men standing in the left part of the picture. What are they doing? ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ 5. Tell about your favorite outdoor game and tell how it is played. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder Directions: Underline the words in the story as you find them, unscramble them and write them in the boxes below. Pieter Bruegel was born in Belgium. (Sometimes his name is spelled Brueghel .) In 1551 he became an apprentice of an artist, Aelst. He traveled to Italy about that time and painted many pictures, mostly landscapes. He was about 26 years old at the time. He married the daughter of his master. His paintings were very popular in his time, and are still popular today, over 400 years later. In the painting "Children's Games", he shows

children playing all sorts of games. Children today still play versions of some of the games shown. He liked to paint a lot of small figures in a large space. He was called Pieter the Elder. He had two sons who became famous painters. One of them was named Pieter, and he was called Pieter the Younger. His grandsons also became artists. This was quite an artistic family.

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