Aloïs Boudry
Aloïs Boudry (born August 12, 1851 in Ypres , † November 27, 1938 in Antwerp ) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, portraits and still lifes .
He began his painting apprenticeship at the art schools in Ypres, then in Roeselare . Studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen with Nicaise de Keyser and Joseph van Lerius .
In 1885 he joined the Antwerp association of visual artists "Als ik Kan", who worked in the traditional way. He took part in the Brussels World's Fair in 1910 . He gave an exhibition in Antwerp in 1906.
In the summer months he painted the villagers with their daily activities in his fisherman's house in Oostduinkerke . After the outbreak of World War I in 1914, he fled to Great Britain , where he mainly occupied himself with portraiture. He came to Italy in 1917 .
He has received several awards, including an honorable mention at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 , the silver medal in Bordeaux in 1895 and the silver medal in Brussels in 1910.
His son Robert Boudry (1878–1961) and his grandson Paul Boudry (1913–1976) were also painters.
literature
- Hans Vollmer : Boudry, Aloïs . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 440 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Berko, Patrick; Berko, Viviane, Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875 ; Brussels: Laconti, 1981.
- L. Bénédite, G. Marius, De schilderkunst der XIXde eeuw , Amsterdam 1910, p. 285
Web links
- Aloïs Boudry. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Boudry, Aloïs in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boudry, Aloïs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian genre, portrait and still life painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ypres |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1938 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |