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

Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606 - 1684)
Jan Davidsz. de Heem
1606 - 1684
Willem Adriaan Paerels (1878 - 1962)
Willem Adriaan Paerels
1878 - 1962
Jan Wildens (1586 - 1653)
Jan Wildens
1586 - 1653
Hendrick de Clerck (1560 - 1630)
Hendrick de Clerck
1560 - 1630
Louis Pevernagie (1904 - 1970)
Louis Pevernagie
1904 - 1970
Gabriel Van Dievoet (1875 - 1934)
Gabriel Van Dievoet
1875 - 1934
Peeter Sion (1624 - 1695)
Peeter Sion
1624 - 1695
Heinrich Hellhoff (1868 - 1914)
Heinrich Hellhoff
1868 - 1914
Marcel Louis Baugniet (1896 - 1995)
Marcel Louis Baugniet
1896 - 1995
Floris Jespers (1889 - 1965)
Floris Jespers
1889 - 1965
Gijsbrecht Leytens (1586 - 1656)
Gijsbrecht Leytens
1586 - 1656
Albert Baertsoen (1866 - 1922)
Albert Baertsoen
1866 - 1922
Pieter van Hanselaere (1786 - 1862)
Pieter van Hanselaere
1786 - 1862
Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton (1664 - 1750)
Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton
1664 - 1750
Frans Van Leemputten (1850 - 1914)
Frans Van Leemputten
1850 - 1914
Emma Alice Henriette Ronner (1857 - 1957)
Emma Alice Henriette Ronner
1857 - 1957

Creators Realism

Jakob Götzenberger (1802 - 1866)
Jakob Götzenberger
1802 - 1866
Vardges Akopovich Surenyants (1860 - 1921)
Vardges Akopovich Surenyants
1860 - 1921
Heinrich Lauenstein (1835 - 1910)
Heinrich Lauenstein
1835 - 1910
Arthur Merric Boyd (1862 - 1940)
Arthur Merric Boyd
1862 - 1940
Petr Ivanovich Petrovichev (Kuzmichev) (1874 - 1947)
Petr Ivanovich Petrovichev (Kuzmichev)
1874 - 1947
Gerard Houckgeest (1600 - 1661)
Gerard Houckgeest
1600 - 1661
Boris Vladimirovich Arakcheyev (1926 - 2013)
Boris Vladimirovich Arakcheyev
1926 - 2013
Julius Schrader (1815 - 1990)
Julius Schrader
1815 - 1990
Stepan Fedorovitch Kolesnikoff (1879 - 1955)
Stepan Fedorovitch Kolesnikoff
1879 - 1955
Sophus Vermehren (1866 - 1950)
Sophus Vermehren
1866 - 1950
David Howell Rosenbaum (1908 - 1982)
David Howell Rosenbaum
1908 - 1982
Rogelio Yrurtia (1879 - 1950)
Rogelio Yrurtia
1879 - 1950
Irma Rothstein (1906 - 1971)
Irma Rothstein
1906 - 1971
Piotr Petrovich Belousov (1912 - 1989)
Piotr Petrovich Belousov
1912 - 1989
Gad Frederik Clement (1867 - 1933)
Gad Frederik Clement
1867 - 1933
Félix Guyot Guillain (1878 - 1960)
Félix Guyot Guillain
1878 - 1960
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