The Smokers, ca. 1636, Oil on wood, 18 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (46. 4 x 36. 8 cm), Paintings, Adriaen Brouwer (Flemish, Oudenaarde 1605/6?1638 Antwerp), The Fleming Brouwer worked in Haarlem and Amsterdam before joining the Antwerp painters' guild in 1621?32. HIs sheer talent and flair for human comedy earned the short-lived artist the esteem of Rubens and Rembrandt