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How did Peter Paul Rubensâs brushwork change during the 1630s?
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Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens, self-portrait in oil, c. 1638; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
During the 1630s, Peter Paul Rubens broadened his painterly style by adopting a looser, more tactile, and almost "impressionistic" approach to his brushwork. This stylistic evolution occurred during the final decade of his life (1630â1640), a period marked by the creation of some of his most exuberant and personal works.1