Bermbrandt van Reijn

Bermbrandt Vincent van Reijn (26 August, 1801 - 14 December, 1878) is generally considered one of the greatest painters in Uhuhland history and the most important in Uhuh-Topian (and Uhuh-Ropean) history.

Life

Bermbrandt was born on 26 August, 1801 in the small village Reijn, Uhuh-Topia (in 1801; Reijn is now a city in Uhuh-Ropa.) His father Vincent Jakobus, the mayor of Reijn, was the second cousin, thrice removed of the second Uhuh-Topian Emperor Delmer II.

In 1820, Bermbrandt and his family moved to a prominent house in Arcadia, which later would become the Bermbrandt Museum. This is when Bermbrandt first started painting: frescos of naked women on the still empty walls in their new house. Only one of these has survived, as his mother didn't really appreciate her son's artistic skills.

To stop Bermbrandt from drawing all over the walls and furniture, he was apprenticed to the Arcadian painter Christiaan Quast. This apprenticeship didn't last long as it took only a couple of months before Bermbrandt drove Quast to madness by painting empty canvases on his canvas.

In 1825, Bermbrandt made his first famous painting, Empty Canvas on Plywood, followed by Empty Plywood on Canvas a year later.

A selection of famous works

• 1820 Fresco of a Naked Woman (Bermbrandt Museum)
• 1825 Empty Canvas on Plywood (Museum of Realism, Espérence)
• 1826 Empty Plywood on Canvas (National Museum, Arcadia)