![]() ![]() (Click on the Calder icon for a connection to the book, Chasing Vermeer. In fact, it wasn't until about 100 years ago that people begin to appreciate his paintings. He painted only thirty paintings and most people did not enjoy his work. Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) 3.73 29,906 ratings2,447 reviews When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen: seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their company, and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Even though he is a famous painter now, Johannes was not well known when he was living. ![]() ![]() His pictures have many of the same people in them. (Click on the Froggy icon to hear more about the life of a man with 11 children.) Just like his father, Johannes was an innkeeper and he worked for a rich family in the village, painting pictures for their home. Unlike some painters, Vermeer was not well-known outside of his little village so he also worked at other jobs to help take care of his family. (Click on the Vermeer icon below to learn more about his work and the village where he lived.) He had to work very hard as he had a wife and eleven children to feed. Johannes (pronounced Yo-hahn) Vermeer was an artist who lived and worked in Delft, Holland in the late 1500's. ![]()
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