Edmond Jean-Baptiste Tschaggeny (1818 - 1873)
Edmond Jean-Baptiste Tschaggeny
Edmond Jean-Baptiste Tschaggeny was a Belgian animal painter. Tschaggeny first studied privately together from 1834 to 1835 with Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, then from 1837 to 1838 at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. He painted scenes with cattle and horses in the style of Verboeckhoven. The young shepherds accompanying the animals gave his works a sentimental touch. He is also known for portraits of purebred horses and bulls that have won a prize. He worked in Campine from 1846 and was one of the pioneers of the Campine painting school. He was a founding member of the Société royale belge des aquarellistes. In 1854 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold. Towards the end of his life he spent the winter months in Algeria, painting North African motifs. He illustrated anatomical books devoted to veterinary medicine.
| Date and place of birt: | 7 march 1818, Neuenburg, Switzerland |
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| Date and place of death: | 5 september 1873, Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgium, Switzerland |
| Period of activity: | XIX century |
| Specialization: | Animalist, Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter |
| Genre: | Animalistic, Genre art, Landscape painting, Rural landscape |
| Art style: | Realism |
| Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel, Watercolor |
