Albert Delstanche

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Albert Delstanche (born May 8, 1870 in Brussels ; † July 6, 1941 there ) was a Belgian painter , graphic artist and illustrator .

Life

Delstanche grew up as one of six children of the doctor Charles Delstanche (1840-1900) and his wife Marie-Hélène Caroline Mélanie, née Madou (1845-1882), a daughter of the painter Jean-Baptiste Madou , in Brussels. At the age of 17 he went to Düsseldorf for a school year in 1886 , where he received very good grades in the elementary class of the Royal Prussian Art Academy under Heinrich Lauenstein . He also attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in his hometown. There he was a student of Alexandre Robert (1817–1890) and Joseph Stallaert (1825–1903). At the Free University of Brussels , he studied law and received his doctorate in 1891 for Doctor of Law . In 1894 he began working as a freelance artist in Brussels. In the following year he married Madeleine Vanderborcht. In 1904 he got a job in the graphic cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium . In 1907 he printed his first etchings . In 1908 he went on a study trip to Italy . Around 1910 he gave up the post at the library. During the First World War he lived in London , where he created the illustrations for Émile Verhaeren's book The Little Towns of Flanders , published in 1915. In 1929 he settled in Ohain , Province of Brabant . In 1940 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the graphics department of the Beaux-Arts class of the Académie Royale de Belgique .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. No. 160 in the finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Düsseldorf Art Academy , website in the archive.nrw.de portal ( North Rhine-Westphalia State Archive )
  2. ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 429
personal data
SURNAME Delstanche, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter, graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1941
Place of death Brussels