Pieter Fris

Pieter Fris (1627 – 1706) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Biography Fris was born in Amsterdam. According to Houbraken he was a painter of moralistic and fantasy pieces who joined the Bentvueghels in Rome at the young age of 17 with the nickname Welgemoed (courage) for withstanding his acceptance ceremony without flinching. A poem was written about his courage, inspired by a ceremony in which he stood surrounded by firecrackers going off around him. Houbraken mentioned that Fris was embarrassed about the art profession, though he continued to practice it in Delft in later life. He was embarrassed because he felt that it wasn't as honest as other commercial pursuits. He was living in Haarlem from 1666 to 1669, in Amsterdam in 1677, and in Delft in 1688 (he became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke in 1683). He died in Delft.