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Place of Origin: Belgian
Painting - Portrait of 2 King Charles Spaniels - DETRIXHE Robert
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A super sweet painting, a portrait of two cavalier King Charles Spaniel dogs.
The painting was made by the Belgian artist Robert Detrixhe. The painter was born in 1935 and was partic...
Category
1990s Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Late 19th Century Oil Painting - Dog Portrait - Spitz Dog - VIB Gerard
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique oil painting, portrait of a dog.
The painting is signed V.I.B. Gerard, this could be the Belgian painter Victor Jean Baptiste Gerard, but not sure.
The painting i...
Category
1880s Belle Époque Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Oak, Paint, Pine
17th Century, Flemish Painting Oil on Copper with Allegory by Pieter Van Lint
By Peter Van Lint
Located in IT
Pieter Van Lint (Antwerp, 1609-1690)
Allegory of industriousness leading to peace and abundance
Oil on copper; frame measures cm H 132 x W 159 x D 8, copper measures cm H 104 x W 130
Artwork signed (bottom center) "P.V. Lint F./ en A.B"
The important and valuable painting, made of oil on copper, depicts the Allegory of industriousness that leads to peace and abundance.
The work is signed in the bottom and center "P V Lint", or Pieter Van Lint (Antwerp, 28 June 1609 - Antwerp, 25 September 1690), famous Flemish painter and designer active in Antwerp in the second half of the seventeenth century.
Van Lint elaborates a complex and articulated composition in which he inserts several figures also drawn from mythology to propose the allegorical message of industriousness that leads to peace and abundance. The artistic style of the author is characterized by meticulous realism and by the careful attention to detail and the rendering of the materials that make up the objects described. As we will see later, every detail represented within the work contains a symbolic and allegorical meaning that reinforces the message that already the same figures express.
The remarkable dimensions of the copper support, not so infrequent in the artistic production of the artist, contribute to make the work of great value: Unfortunately, many of these artifacts have been lost because copper was often recovered in times of war and famine, and reused to obtain weapons and common tools. The copper foil proved to be ideal for oil painting because it constituted a non-absorbent support, rigid, smooth and characterized by the same reddish coloring that was used for the preparation of funds. The major production centers were Antwerp, Hamburg and Amsterdam, although the technique was widely used in Italy.
The considerable cost of the material indicates a wealthy client, interested in possessing a valuable and durable work over time, this characteristic that the metal foil has more than the canvas.
The painting is known to scholars. It is recorded in the catalog of the artist of the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History (with measures 104 x 129 cm). He also appeared on the French antiques market...
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Copper
Mid 20th Century Impressionistic Oil Painting - Flowers - by Arthur de Geest
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A colorful flower still life in impressionistic style. Oil paint on canvas, in a gilt frame. Signed right under: Arthur de Geest.
Arthur de Geest. Belgium, 1894-1968
Painted mainly...
Category
1950s Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas Flower Stil Life Signed
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful flower painting, oil on canvas, dating from circa 1920. The painting is painted with a quick, somewhat coarse touch and a beautiful palette of contrasting colours. The painting shows a beautiful incidence of light and a sense of liveliness.
The painting is signed at the bottom right, but the signature is not clearly legible.
The artwork is framed behind glass in a wooden gilded frame...
Category
1920s Romantic Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage Border Collie Dog, oil painting on mahogany board, signed H. Ed. Capel
Located in Centennial, CO
An absolutely beautiful vintage oil painting on mahogany panel of three black and white dogs, perhaps Border Collies. The painting is skillfully painted and signed by H. Ed. Capel. T...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Circus Dogs
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A sweet little painting depicting two dressed up circus dogs. The dogs are painted against a sober background.
The painting is oil on panel and dates from...
Category
Early 1900s Other Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Impressionistic Oil Painting Flowers, Mécislas de Rakowski
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful painting by the Polish-Belgian artist Mécislas de Rakowski.
The painting shows a flower still life in a Chinese vase. Beautiful display of delicate white flowers against a...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Classic Oil Painting by W. Roelant Still Life Lobster
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful and attractive painting in a classic gilded frame.
The painting depicts a still life with lobster, cabbage and eggs. It is oil on canvas. The painting is signed at the bot...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Late 19th Century Oil Painting Terrier Dog Portrait by Charles II Van Den Eycken
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique painting of a (probably) black terrier on a chair. It is signed and dated lower left, Charles Van Den Eycken, 1896. It is painted on ...
Category
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Pine, Paint
Oil on Canvas "the Prohibited Reading" After Karel Ooms
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large Continental Oil on Canvas "The Prohibited Reading " after Karel Ooms (Belgium, 1845-1900). This beautiful executed painting depicts a historical scene of an old man and a young woman who are huddled over a bible. The pair is gazing in apparent concern or alarm, over the old man's shoulder, towards something outside of the picture. The scene is likely set in the 16th or 17th century when Protestants were prosecuted, amongst others, for reading the bible in the vernacular, a practice prohibited by the Catholic Church at the time. Signed (l/r) A. Ribas 15-12-913. Within a giltwood carved frame. circa: Probably Belgium, 1913.
Karel Ooms was born in Dessel on January 27, 1845 as the youngest son of a large peasant family. At school his extraordinary talent for drawing was discovered. When he was twelve his hometown provided financial support which allowed him to study at the Antwerp Academy of fine Arts.
One of his teachers at the Academy was Nicaise de Keyser, one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic-historical school of painting and a painter of mainly history paintings and portraits. After graduating from the Academy 1865 Karel Ooms was welcomed with pomp in his home town Dessel. He painted two altarpieces for the local church Saint Nicolas, to express his gratitude to his city.
Karel Ooms settled as an independent artist in Antwerp around 1871. He quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter. In addition, he received commissions for religious paintings and history paintings. He gained particular recognition with two large paintings...
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Revival Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
19th Century Oil Painting - Portrait of a Dog - Pug
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique oil painting, portrait of a pug.
The painting is signed and dated, 1881, but the signature is not legible.
The painting is in ori...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
Allegory of Africa - 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Flemish school of the 16th century
Allegory of Africa
After The Allegories of the Continents by Maerten de Vos (engraving by Adriaen Collaert)
Oil on copper
Inscription: "Giulio Ro...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Copper
Albert Claes-Thobois (Belgian 1883-1945) Oil on Canvas "Atelier Cubisant"
Located in San Francisco, CA
An evocative oil on canvas in the Art Deco style depicting a view from a window, signed and dated 1929 in the lower center of the picture. Claes-Thobois was born in 1883 and studied ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Late 19th Century Oil Painting with a Sitting Cairn Terrier by Albert Toefaert
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique oil painting with a (Cairn?) terrier sitting on a chair. Beautifully painted with contrast of darkness and light capturing the details and textures of the dogs fur. The do...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
Fine Antique Barn Painting of Sheep and Chickens by Eugene Verboeckhoven
By Eugène Verboeckhoven
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EUGENE VERBOECKHOVEN
Belgian, 1798-1881
Barn Interior with Sheep and Chickens (1873)
Oil on canvas reverse of canvas signed and dated signed lower right "E. Verboeckhoven"
stock...
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Late 19th Century Fruit Still Life Oil Painting by Van Arendonk
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique still life oil painting with fruit, pear, apple, grapes and peeled mandarin. In the background a wine bottle. The painting is signe...
Category
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Pine
Belgian Painting Allegoric signed by P. Swyncop
By Philip Swyncop
Located in Valladolid, ES
Ó/L “Peace and the arts are worth more than the brutal glory of weapons”, Philippe Swyncop, 1903 – Belgium, Flemish School
Exquisite oil on canvas si...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
"at the Market, Congo, " Large Art Deco Master Painting by Charles Melikoff
Located in Antwerp, BE
Charles Melikoff is a Belgian Orientalist Impressionist & Modern painter.
In an era when fine art and natural history museums commissioned artists to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid-20th Century, Oil Painting Flower Still Life with Sunflowers in a Vase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Large and expressive painting with a flower still life of sunflowers in a vase. Beautiful in impressionistic touch and thickly painted. A clear reference to the of Vincent van Gogh, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
Realistic Flower Still Life Oil Painting by the Belgian Artist Jan Verdoodt
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful flower still life by the Belgian painter Jan Verdoodt (1908-1980). He studied from 1926 at the Art Academy in Sint Jans Molenbeek. He developed his own artistic style, insp...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Bram Bogart Modern Painting "Oktober", circa 1996, Belgium
By Bram Bogart
Located in Girona, Spain
Bram Bogart Painting "Oktober"
Very decorative.
acrylic paint.
Signed by the painter.
Circa 1996, Belgium.
Very good condition.
Modernism is both a philosophical and arts movement th...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Eugène Verboeckhoven Oil on Panel 1844
By Eugène Verboeckhoven
Located in Den Haag, NL
For sale Oil painting on Mahogany Panel Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven
Warneton (België) 1798-1881 Schaarbeek (België).
This painting of Two Sheep so very well executed by the artist . ...
Category
1840s Romantic Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Thierry Poncelet Portrait of a Yorkshire Terrier as a Lady
By Thierry Poncelet 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Theirry Poncelet (b. 1946, Belgium) portrait of a Yorkshire Terrier as a Lady. Portrait shows a Yorkshire Terrier head with the body dressed in Victorian cl...
Category
20th Century Victorian Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Early 19th Century Impressionistic Painting Signed and Dated E. Smits, 1913
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Antique oil painting of a landscape with wild flowers. The painting is painted in an impressionistic style, with a quick touch. The paint ...
Category
1910s Belle Époque Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Frans Franken III 16th Century Oil on Wood, Adoration of the Magi, Painting
By Frans Franken the Younger
Located in IT
Frans Franken III and aid, Adoration of the Magi
Good condition
The oil painting on wood, with a gold background, depicts an Adoration of the Magi. The Magi are dressed in sumptuous silk and brocade dresses; they wear precious hats and jewelery. The richness of their garments is in contrast with the humility of the Holy Family and of the other characters who, around curious, observe the scene. The hut is simple, made of wood and straw: above it shines the Comet, symbol of the divine event. In the distance, a group of wayfarers walk along a path that is lost on the horizon, blending into the gold of the bottom.
The representation proposes a traditional iconography, in which the painter inserts some details that he lends himself to symbolic interpretations. Among these is the appearance of the Magi, who from the XIVth century differs iconographically: the wise astronomers represent the homage to Jesus of the then known parts of the world, namely Africa, Asia and Europe. To the right of the Magi, in the foreground, sits a monkey, considered a demonic creature and a symbol of lies and sin. It is depicted on the sidelines, as a defeat, next to a fragment of a classical column: ruin alludes to the end of paganism, of the old world that collapses with the advent of the new one, marked by the birth of Christ and liberation from the Original Sin. On the ruins he climbs the ivy, symbol of the immortality of the soul. The work is attributable to the workshop of the Flemish painter Frans Francken III...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th Century Oil on Canvas Chicken Painting in Gilt Frame Signed H. Schouten
By Henry Schouten
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study or a den with this antique chicken painting composition. Created in Belgium circa 1890, and set in the original thick carved giltwood frame, this large painting depi...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Ivan Good (Belgium 1930 - 2019) "Libelle" Oil On Panel - 20th
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Ivan Good is a Belgian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1930.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Ivan Good (Belgium 1930 - 2019) "Libelle" Oil On Panel
Painting on panel ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Flemish Oil on Copper Paintings in Gilt Frame after Teniers
By David Teniers
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or a study with this elegant pair of antique paintings on copper. Created in Holland circa 1860 and set in their original carved gilt frames, each painting depicts...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Copper
Antoine Giroux Fauvist Painting - Place des Lys, Saint Tropez - Ref 527
By Antoine Giroux
Located in Ixelles, BE
Antoine Giroux: Capturing the Vibrancy of the Mediterranean
Born in Brussels in 1955, Antoine Giroux's journey to artistic expression took a unique path through the realms of music ...
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Walthere Jamar
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique framed oil painting on canvas by Walthere Jamar (1866-1950) is a panoramic landscape that captures the glory of nature in all her splendor! Jamar has used varying brush techn...
Category
1940s Expressionist Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Oil on Canvas Painting of Coastal Italy, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
A very large oil on canvas painting, Impressionism technique, of a charming coastal view. The frame is custom made of gilded gold and bla...
Category
20th Century Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Set of 2 abstract paintings titled “Fyrhat” by the Belgian Artist Nico de Guchte
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1998 / set of 2 abstract paintings “Fyrhat” / Nico de Guchtenaere / paint on canvas / Mid-century / Contemporary Art
Two large abstract painting designed to complement eac...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage Seascape Painting in Giltwood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage seascape acrylic painting in giltwood frame. Signed and dated at lower left: Eriaine 1981; Inscribed in Danish at the back. A loose translation of the title: "The Sea is Migh...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Giltwood
Painting - Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog - by Robert Detrixhe
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful painting, a portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog.
The painting was made by the Belgian artist Robert Detrixhe. The painter was born in 1935 and was particularl...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th Century Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting in Gilt Frame Signed J. Wytsman
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study or a den with this beautiful antique landscape painting. Hand painted in Belgium circa 1890, and set in the original carved giltwood frame, this large painting depic...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Mid 20th Century Oil Painting of a Cat by Madeleine Peters-Tombu
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An oil painting of a lying cat, painted on a wooden panel. In a wooden frame. Signed left under:
Dimensions frame: 38 x 29 cm
Dimensions painting: 28 x ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
"At the Crossroads, " Masterpiece of French Surrealism by Delmotte, 1956
By Marcel Delmotte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In our opinion, the masterpiece of Marcel Delmotte's long artistic career, this highly-finished surreal painting depicts four semi-nude female figures, one very pale and ghostly in t...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Belgian Paintings
Antique Landscape “Sheep and Goats” by Eugene Verboeckhoven circa 1859
By Eugène Verboeckhoven
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EUGENE VERBOECKHOVEN
Belgian, 1798-1881
Sheep and Goats in a Bucolic Landscape (1859)
Oil on panel Signed lower left "Eugene Verboeckhoven 1859...
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Surrealistic Oil Painting on Canvas, 1970s, Signed
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage framed oil painting on canvas, 1970. Depicts a woman with pill, standing in a moonlit landscape. Signed with R.Boutens, 70.
Dimensions: 108 W x 88 H x 3.5 D cm.
Category
1970s Space Age Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
20th Century signed painting of a landscape with old houses
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1950 / painting with frame / R. Remmerie / wood, canvas / Rococo / Baroque / Mid-century
Charming and beautiful framed painting of the Belgian artist R. Remmerie of a land...
Category
1950s Baroque Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Oil on Canvas, Ships at Sunset Signed Lower Left "Romain Steppe"
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful and beautiful sunset with sailboats. Oil on canvas signed
Romain Steppe at the lower left of the painting (Belgian 1859-1927)
Well done and in ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Magnificent Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting Signed A. Robert
By Alexandre Nestor Nicolas Robert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent Antique oil on canvas portrait painting signed A. Robert (1817-1890).
A. Robert was a Belgian Royal Academy Artist. His works are on displa...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Oil on Canva MICHEL HELIOTTE
Located in Forest, BE
Oil on canvas.
Born in 1959 in Verviers (Belgium), from 1977 to 1980 Michel played electric guitar in various punk and then new wave bands. Later, as a self-taught painter from 1988 to 1990, his contact with the Flemish painter Thé van Bergen...
Category
20th Century Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Late 19th Century Oil Painting - Flowers with Sculpture - Karel Martin Claessens
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique oil painting, a still life with flowers and a sculpture.
The painting is in good condition. Sold without frame.
The painting is signed K.M. Claessens.
Karel M...
Category
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Henri (Rik) van Kogelenberg 'Flemish Dovecote' Oil on Canvas Belgium 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Henri (Rik) van Kogelenberg 'Flemish Dovecote' Naively Painted Oil on Canvas Belgium 1960s
This is a delightful and beautifully naively painted mid 20th century work by Henri (Rik) ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th Century Baroque Flemish oil painting in antique wooden frame
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 19th century / painting / oil on canvas, wooden frame / Baroque / Antique / Mid-century
A beautiful painting in the style of the Flemish old masters. This enchanting pain...
Category
19th Century Baroque Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Giltwood Framed Oil on Canvas Dog Painting by Charles Van den Eycken
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Belgian framed oil on canvas painting by Charles Van den Eycken (1859 – 1923), depicting two dogs in an interior. Created in Belgium during th...
Category
19th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Large signed painting of a hay landscape from the Belgian painter Frank Bogaert
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1970 / painting / Frank Bogaert / paint on board and wooden frame / Vintage / Mid-century
Frank Bogaert is a well known artist born in Tielt, Belgium. This large oil pain...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Painted Canvas Belgian 3 Panel Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Experience the elegance of the 18th century with this Belgian painted oil on canvas 3-panel screen. Each panel connects the intricate scenes of pastoral life, delicately hand-painted...
Category
18th Century Baroque Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by J. Verstecken
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by J. Verstecken shows an artist inspired by a quaint alleyway between two impressive homes lit by the diffuse light of a wintry sun concealed b...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Oil on Canvas Paint Flemish School, 17th Century Belgium
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Oil on canvas depicting a country scene: a man watering his horse near a river where two cows and a sheep wade accompanied by a farmer.
Work of northern France or Belgium of the 17t...
Category
17th Century Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
20th Century Antique Belgian Original Oil Painting Signed by O. Waterloos 1917
Located in COLMAR, FR
An authentic, antique, Belgian oil painting on stretched canvas. It is signed by the artist, O. Waterloos, and dated 1917 in the lower left corner (see photo). It depicts a lovely, o...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid 19th Century Oil Painting Dogs by Joseph Stevens
By Joseph Stevens
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An oil painting of two rustic dogs fighting over a piece of food. It is painted on an oak panel. Signed top left. The signature is a bit faded, it's a monogram J.S. by Joseph Stevens. He often signed with a monogram. In a gilded frame frame with gesso moldings.
Dimensions frame: 41 x 47 cm
Dimensions painting: 17 x 23 cm.
Joseph Stevens is the older brother of the very well-known artist Alfred Stevens. In the book 'The Belgian Art Book' by J. de Geest, it is written that Joseph Stevens has given a new dimension to painting animals. Joseph Stevens is an early representative of realism and social art. While Eugene Verboeckhoven has royal dogs pose on a beautifully embroidered cushion, Joseph Stevens already has an eye for the dark side of animal existence: exploitation by man, who in turn is a victim of society. His first successful painting, Brussels in the morning, shows how miserable dogs and poor people suffer the same fate. In the Sandman, Stevens shows a joint effort of man and dog, in which the viewer cannot ignore the social conditions: exhausting labor at dawn in some suburb. The gray sky and monochromy of the suburb add to the sinister atmosphere. Joseph Stevens was one of the first artists to take the urban proletariat as his subject. Stevens enjoys a very high reputation in his Parisian years. His brother Alfred writes: 'I am of this time, but you, Joseph, you are of the race, and thus you are of all times.' French critics agree. Stevens' works are a source of inspiration for the literature of the time. For example, Beaudelaire writes a poem about Stevens' dogs.
Joseph Edouard STEVENS. Belgium, 1819-1892
Stevens was a painter, etcher and engraver. Brother of the gifted painter Afred Stevens. Education at the Academy in Brussels (1834-1835). Debuted at the Salon in Brussels in 1842. Continued his career in Paris in 1852. He was primarily the painter of canvases depicting domestic animals (dogs, monkeys, horses), sometimes in curious, even idiosyncratic situations, and far from romanticism. This realism, of which he was one of the pioneers, earned him the interest of critics and intellectuals.
His approach was defined by this contemporary realism that eschewed idealized depictions of animals as heroic emblems of nobility. Rather, Stevens emphasized the ordinary animals of everyday life, with a particular focus on working dogs, stray dogs and all of the mutts that wandered the streets of Brussels. Museums and public collections, including' Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels, Ghent, Hamburg, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts. Stuttgart, State Gallery. King Leopold...
Category
1850s Beaux Arts Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oak, Pine, Paint
Antoine Giroux Fauvist Painting - Corsica - Ref 091
By Antoine Giroux
Located in Ixelles, BE
Antoine Giroux: Capturing the Vibrancy of the Mediterranean
Born in Brussels in 1955, Antoine Giroux's journey to artistic expression took a unique path through the realms of music ...
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
20th Century Belgian Painting of a farm scene with gilded wooden frame
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1950 / Painting / canvas, wood / Antique / Baroque
An exquisite oil painting in the style of the Belgian old masters with a luxurious gilded wooden frame.
This work beau...
Category
1950s Baroque Vintage Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Belgium Chickens Feeding
By Henry Schouten
Located in Middleburg, VA
Late 19th Century Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Belgium Chickens Feeding by Henry Schouten (1864-1927).
Framed in an ornate gilt wood frame. Belgium, circa 1890.
Measures: 35"...
Category
Late 19th Century Country Antique Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by G. Brachez
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by G. Brachez is a remarkable depiction of the architecture and lifestyle of the Middle Ages transitioning into the Industrial Age. A drawbridg...
Category
Early 20th Century Barbizon School Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
