Lucas van Uden

Lucas van Uden (18 October 1595 – 4 November 1672) was a leading Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and engraver, who lived and worked in Antwerp. He was a leading landscape painter who collaborated with various local figure painters. His most original works are his drawings.

Life Lucas van Uden was born in Antwerp as the son of Artus van Uden and Joanna Tranoy. His father was Antwerp's city painter, a position which required him to paint the City's buildings and refurbish and gild the statues of the city and the pieces used in the ommegang. Lucas had a brother Jacob who also became a landscape painter. Lucas likely studied with his father as he was never registered with the Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil. He registered only as a master at the Guild in the capacity of a 'wijnmeester' (master's son') in 1626–27 when he was already 32 years old.

Lucas had a romantic relationship with Agatha Musson. On 24 October 1620 she gave birth to a son who was named Lucas. On 14 February 1627 Lucas van Uden married Anna van Woelput (died in autumn 1667) with whom he had 8 children, two of whom were born before the couple had married. Lucas had an extramarital child with Willemijntje van den Brande in 1630.

He died in Antwerp in 1672. General characteristics of is work are a tonally-green recessive view punctuated by slender trees and populated by incidental pastoral and peasant figures. Some of his designs were also etched by his pupil Philips Augustijn Immenraet.