Alfred Jacques Verwee (1838 - 1895)

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Alfred Jacques Verwee

Alfred Jacques Verwee was a Belgian painter known for his depictions of animals, landscapes and seascapes. His first exhibition was in 1857, but he didn't achieve true recognition until 1863, when he had a show at the Brussels Salon, where he was awarded a gold medal. He became a founding member of the "Société Libre des Beaux-Arts", a group that was opposed to academicism in art. During this time, he began painting plein air to achieve a naturalistic style. From 1875 to 1880, he attempted to create a grand vision of the Flemish countryside. In 1876, he helped establish "La Chrysalide", a short-lived association that is considered a forerunner to "Les XX". Around 1880, he became fascinated with the area surrounding Knokke, and an informal artists' colony slowly took root there. At the time, he began alternating between landscape and animal painting, doing the landscapes plein air and posing the animals in his studio. He is generally considered to be Belgium's first great animal painter.
 

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:23 april 1838, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium
Date and place of death:14 september 1895, Schaerbeek, Belgium
Nationality:Belgium
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Animalist, Artist, Engraver, Landscape painter, Marine painter, Painter
Genre:Animalistic, Landscape painting, Marine art, Rural landscape
Art style:Realism
Technique:Engraving, Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel

Creators Belgium

Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel (1775 - 1837)
Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel
1775 - 1837
Jan Cossiers (1600 - 1671)
Jan Cossiers
1600 - 1671
Victor Lagye (1825 - 1896)
Victor Lagye
1825 - 1896
Guiliam Gabron (1619 - 1678)
Guiliam Gabron
1619 - 1678
Peter Franchois (1606 - 1654)
Peter Franchois
1606 - 1654
Henri van Herwegen (1940 - 2019)
Henri van Herwegen
1940 - 2019
Frans van Loock (1910 - 1997)
Frans van Loock
1910 - 1997
Jan August Hendrik Leys (1815 - 1869)
Jan August Hendrik Leys
1815 - 1869
Pieter Bruegel II (1564 - 1638)
Pieter Bruegel II
1564 - 1638
Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven (1798 - 1881)
Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven
1798 - 1881
Georges-Emile Lebacq (1876 - 1950)
Georges-Emile Lebacq
1876 - 1950
Edward Dujardin (1817 - 1889)
Edward Dujardin
1817 - 1889
Fernand Toussaint (1873 - 1956)
Fernand Toussaint
1873 - 1956
Jan-Baptist Daveloose (1807 - 1886)
Jan-Baptist Daveloose
1807 - 1886
Joris Hoefnagel (1542 - 1601)
Joris Hoefnagel
1542 - 1601
Louis Pevernagie (1904 - 1970)
Louis Pevernagie
1904 - 1970

Creators Realism

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Giacomo Puccini
1858 - 1924
Heinrich von Angeli (1840 - 1925)
Heinrich von Angeli
1840 - 1925
Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963)
Aldous Leonard Huxley
1894 - 1963
Rudolf Sieck (1877 - 1957)
Rudolf Sieck
1877 - 1957
David Bates (1840 - 1921)
David Bates
1840 - 1921
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868 - 1907)
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
1868 - 1907
Joseph Semple (Sempill) (1830 - 1877)
Joseph Semple (Sempill)
1830 - 1877
Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926)
Mary Cassatt
1844 - 1926
Anna Adelaïde Abrahams (1849 - 1930)
Anna Adelaïde Abrahams
1849 - 1930
Hermann Knackfuß (1848 - 1915)
Hermann Knackfuß
1848 - 1915
August Allebé (1838 - 1927)
August Allebé
1838 - 1927
John Ryan (1925 - 1992)
John Ryan
1925 - 1992
Ernst Graner (1865 - 1943)
Ernst Graner
1865 - 1943
Georges Bertin Scott de Plagnolle (1873 - 1943)
Georges Bertin Scott de Plagnolle
1873 - 1943
Ron Kleemann (1937 - 2014)
Ron Kleemann
1937 - 2014
Stanislav Grokholsky (1858 - 1932)
Stanislav Grokholsky
1858 - 1932
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