Adriaan Joseph Heymans

Hemel by Maanlicht (1907)

Summer Morning (1912)

Adriaan Joseph Heymans (born June 11, 1839 in Antwerp , † December 16, 1921 in Brussels ) was a Belgian impressionist landscape painter .

Life

When Adriaan Joseph Heyman was seven years old, his father died. Therefore, he then lived with his uncle, the mayor of Wechelderzande , a small town near Antwerp. During this time he began to be interested in landscape painting.

In 1853 Heymans began his studies at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp under Jakob Albert Jacobs , but later switched to the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. However, he decided to teach himself the art of painting and to find his own style. During a stay in Paris from 1855 to 1858 , he was heavily inspired by the Barbizon School and then turned to the style of Impressionism .

After he moved back to Wechelderzande in 1860, he began painting open air there . He also worked in the area around Kalmthout , where he developed the Kalmthoutse School , also known as the Gray, together with Isidore Meyers (1836-1917), Théodore Baron , Jacques Rosseels (1828-1912) and Florent Crabeels (1835-1896) School , as gray and silver colors were mainly used. He also worked in the parishes of Dendermonde and Genk .

Heymans married in 1869 and moved to Brussels. There he was a founding member of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts and other painters' associations.

In 1881 he was awarded the Leopold Order with an Officer's Cross for his artistic merits . He was also made a knight in the French Legion of Honor .

In the 1890s he moved back to Kalmthout and continued painting there. In 1913, however, his health deteriorated so badly that he had to decide to give up painting. Heymans finally died in December 1921 at the age of 82.

Works (selection)

• Hemel by Maanlicht (1907)
• Bos bij maanlicht
• Koeien bij het water
• Summer Morning (1912)
• Terugkeer naar de stal
• Eendennesten in het advised
• Bosgezicht bij Bertogne
• Stal interior
• Ondergaande zon op de heide (1877)
• Haucht in de sneeuw (1909)
• Schoven bij avond
• 's morning vroeg (1907)
• Houffalize bij avond

Awards

• 1881: Leopold Order with Officer's Cross (2nd stage)
• Knight of the French Legion of Honor

literature

• Uta Römer: Heymans, Adrien Joseph (Adriaan-Josef; Jozef) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 73, de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023178-6 , p. 64.
• Heymans, Jozef (Adriaan J.) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 34-35 .
• Henry van de Velde: Adrien-Joseph Heymans: Etude. In: Revue Générale. September 1889.
• Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Paris 1976, ISBN 2-7000-0156-7 .
• P. and V. Berko: Dictionnaire des peintres belges nés entre 1750 et 1875 , Brussels-Knokke 1981.
• Le dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVième siècle à nos jours. Brussels 1994.
• Marko vom Felde: Adriaan-Josef Heymans: 1839 - 1921: Life and Work. 1994.
• Paul Piron: De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw. Brussels 1999.
• Gilberte Geysen, Marko vom Felde: AJ Heymans 1839-1921. Lille 2000.

Web links

Commons : Adriaan Joseph Heymans  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Adriaan Joseph Heymans , biography (Dutch)