Louis-Charles Verwée (Verwee) (1832 - 1882)
Louis-Charles Verwée (Verwee)
Louis-Charles Verwée (Verwee) was a Belgian painter known for his interior scenes, genre scenes and glamorous society portraits. Most of his works depict interior scenes with some anecdotal event. These usually involve young women or children engaged in some mundane activity such as pressing a lemon, reading a book or rummaging through a drawer. He was particularly skilled at capturing the spontaneity of the intimate moments of his characters. He painted portraits mainly of women in a style which is close to that of Belgian painters Alfred Stevens, Gustave Léonard de Jonghe and Charles Baugniet. He is regarded as representing the modern trend in the Classical school together with the Belgian painter Charles Hermans. The artist also created some scenes with lower class characters, such as in The knife sharpener. He participated in many Salons, including in Brussels in 1854, in Antwerp in 1861, in Ghent in 1871 and Amsterdam in 1877.
| Date and place of birt: | 3 july 1832, Brussels, Belgium |
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| Date and place of death: | 9 july 1882, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgium |
| Period of activity: | XIX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist |
| Genre: | Genre art, Portrait |
| Art style: | Realism |
| Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel |
