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Van Dyke beard

Style of beard comprising a moustache and a goatee with all hair on the cheeks shaven

Van Dyke beard
Summary

Style of beard comprising a moustache and a goatee with all hair on the cheeks shaven

The Van Dyke beard is named after [[Anthony van Dyck]].

A Van Dyke (sometimes spelled Vandyke, or Van Dyck) is a style of facial hair named after the 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). The artist's name is today normally spelt as "van Dyck", though there are many variants, but when the term for the beard became popular "Van Dyke" was more common in English. A Van Dyke specifically consists of any growth of both a moustache and goatee with all hair on the cheeks shaved. Even this particular style, though, has many variants, including a curled moustache versus a non-curled one and a soul patch versus none. The style is sometimes called a "Charlie" after King Charles I of England, who was painted with this type of beard by van Dyck. "Pike-devant" or "pickedevant" are other little-known synonyms for a Van Dyke beard.

Popularity

This style of beard was popular in Europe in the 17th century. It died out in Britain with the Restoration, when French styles and wigs became popular. The Van Dyke beard style is named after the 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck. For some time after, however, some men, known as "vow-beards", continued to wear them, vowing to wear them until the King did so again. It became popular in the United States in the 19th century. Columnist Edith Sessions Tupper, of the Chicago Chronicle (1895–1908), condemned this style, along with the goatee, as indicative of a man "who was selfish, sinister, and pompous as a peacock."

The style was worn by van Dyck himself and by many of the sitters for his portraits, including King Charles I of England. The Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin also wore a Van Dyke. The Van Dyke had a revival in the 19th century and was worn by several well-known figures, including General Custer (among other styles) and the actor Monty Woolley. Colonel Sanders would also qualify as having a Van Dyke.

Jonathan Hyde wore a Van Dyke when playing Van Pelt, a big game hunter, in Jumanji. The TV version of Jumanji featured its version of Van Pelt wearing a Van Dyke as well.

John Hurt wore a Van Dyke when playing the War Doctor on the Doctor Who episodes The Night of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor.

Guy Fawkes, member of the Gunpowder Plot at the beginning of the 17th century, had a Van Dyke beard around the time period the namesake van Dyck was born; his face is still shown in public today by various movements via the stylised Guy Fawkes mask.

Examples

File:Portret van Maurits, prins van Oranje Rijksmuseum SK-A-255.jpeg|Maurice, Prince of Orange, by Michiel van Mierevelt (c. 1613–20) File:Kaiser Ferdinand II. 1614.jpg|Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, unknown artist (1614) File:Charles Bonaventura de Longueval, Count de Bucquoi, by Pieter Paul Rubens.jpg|Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, by Peter Paul Rubens (1621) File:Attributed to Jacob Hoefnagel - Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden 1611-1632 - Google Art Project.jpg|Gustavus Adolphus, attrib. Jacob Hoefnagel (1624) File:Arminius 5.jpg|Jacobus Arminius, by Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg (1625) File:Charlesx3.JPG|Charles I of England by Anthony van Dyck (1635-6) File:Triple Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu probably 1642, Philippe de Champaigne.jpg|Cardinal de Richelieu, by Philippe de Champaigne (c. 1642) File:Antonio Maria Esquivel portrait.jpg|Antonio María Esquivel (1847) File:Zeller.jpg|Carl Zeller File:Jean Augustin Daiwaille - Zelfportret.jpg|Self-portrait by Jean Augustin Daiwaille Dutch portrait painter (1801-1850) File:Brjullov.jpg|Self-portrait by Karl Bryullov Russian painter (1848) File:WScottHancock.jpg|Winfield Scott Hancock (1863) File:G a custer.jpg|George Armstrong Custer (1865) File:Augustins - Portrait du peintre espagnol Matías Moreno - Charles Durand dit Carolus-Duran P1652.jpg|Matías Moreno (1866) File:Buffalo Bill Cody ca1875.jpg|Buffalo Bill (William Cody) (c. 1875) File:Self portrait of Edward Sheriff Curtis.jpg|Edward S. Curtis (1899) File:Wilhelm-maybach-1900.jpg|Wilhelm Maybach (1900) File:WarrenCColeman.jpg|Warren Clay Coleman File:William Wetmore Story.jpg|William Wetmore Story File:LeninEnSuizaMarzo1916--barbaroussovietr00mcbr.png|Vladimir Lenin (1920) File:Rudolph Valentino with beard 1924.jpg|Rudolph Valentino (1924) File:Fotothek df roe-neg 0006321 016 Walter Ulbricht bei der Eröffnung der Fachmesse.jpg|Walter Ulbricht (1951) File:Colonel Harland Sanders in character.jpg|Colonel Sanders (c. 1974) File:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Portrait (5).jpg|Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1988) File:Pierce Brosnan at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival.jpg|Pierce Brosnan (2005) File:Aimone di Savoia Aosta.JPG|Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia (2006) File:CROP James Franco by David Shankbone.jpg|James Franco (2007) File:Christian Bale 2009.jpg|Christian Bale (2009) File:JohnnyDeppApr2011.jpg|Johnny Depp (2011)

References

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  7. Sherrow, Victoria. (2006). "Encyclopedia of Hair". Greenwood Publishing Group.
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