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Antoine Wiertz
Belgian Painter, 1806-1865
Belgian painter and sculptor. He was from very humble origins, but his talent for drawing was detected at an early age. He was sent to the Antwerp Academie, where he attended classes given by W. J. Herreyns (1743-1827) and Mathieu Ignace Van Br?e. During a stay in Paris from 1829 to 1832 he came into contact with the Romantic painters, in particular Th?odore G?ricault, who fostered his admiration for Rubens. In 1832 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome and in 1834 left for Italy where the works of Raphael and, above all, Michelangelo made an overwhelming impression on him. In Rome he abandoned the landscapes and scenes from Roman life, for which he showed a certain talent, and embarked on a much more ambitious work, the Greeks and the Trojans Contesting the Body of Patroclus (1835; Brussels, Mus. Wiertz.). The painting proved the turning-point in Wiertz's career. Its frenzied composition and violently contorted figures excited considerable interest in Rome.
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Painting ID:: 22313
The Novel Reader (mk19)
1853
Oil on canvas,125 x 155 cm
Musee Wiertz,Brussels
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Painting ID:: 22314
The Beautiful Rosine (mk19)
1847
Oil on canvas,140 x 110 cm
Musee Wiertz,Brussels
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Painting ID:: 22825
The Lovely Rosine (mk22)
(Nude with Skeleton),1843
Oil on canvas,140 x 110 cm
Brussels,Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
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Painting ID:: 44012
Two Young Girls or the Beautiful Rosine
1847
Oil on canvas,
140 x 100 cm
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Painting ID:: 71732
Reader of Novels
Date 1853
125 x 157 cm
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Antoine Wiertz
Belgian Painter, 1806-1865
Belgian painter and sculptor. He was from very humble origins, but his talent for drawing was detected at an early age. He was sent to the Antwerp Academie, where he attended classes given by W. J. Herreyns (1743-1827) and Mathieu Ignace Van Br?e. During a stay in Paris from 1829 to 1832 he came into contact with the Romantic painters, in particular Th?odore G?ricault, who fostered his admiration for Rubens. In 1832 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome and in 1834 left for Italy where the works of Raphael and, above all, Michelangelo made an overwhelming impression on him. In Rome he abandoned the landscapes and scenes from Roman life, for which he showed a certain talent, and embarked on a much more ambitious work, the Greeks and the Trojans Contesting the Body of Patroclus (1835; Brussels, Mus. Wiertz.). The painting proved the turning-point in Wiertz's career. Its frenzied composition and violently contorted figures excited considerable interest in Rome.
. Related Artists to Antoine Wiertz: | Johann Geyer | Jozsef Rippl-Ronai | Louis Gallait | CIGOLI | Frans Francken II |
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