André Cluysenaar

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André Cluysenaar
André at the age of six, painted by his father in 1878

André Cluysenaar (full name: André Edmond Alfred Cluysenaar ; born May 31, 1872 in Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis , † April 7, 1939 in Uccle ) was a Belgian painter .

Live and act

Descending from the Dutch-Belgian line of the Klausener family of architects, who were originally from Austria and later based in Burtscheid , André Cluysenaar is the son of Alfred Cluysenaar and grandson of Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar and the father of the sculptor John Cluysenaar . In 1915 he separated from his wife Alice Gordon, a Scottish relative of Lord Byron . From 1914 to 1918 he lived in exile in London .

style

Initially attached to his father's style, his historical works were carried out in a romantic way. At times he worked as a sculptor , but switched to portrait painting . The royal family in Belgium and London as well as the respective upper class were his clients. Furthermore, the work of his father and his teacher François Joseph Navez, but also Alfred Stevens served as models. His late work is characterized by a lighter form of representation. The incarnation of these portraits is excellent. The representations convey a lively personality against an impressionistic background, which in the following portraits also merges into the incarnate. D. Derrey-Capon described his portraits as psychologically sensitive. Lively sketchy landscapes, nudes, still lifes and intimate scenes are among his subjects.

Works (selection)

Henry Asquit
Robert Chalmers
  • 1900 male portrait , signed: André Cluysenaar
  • 1903 Staircase painting of the town hall of Saint Gilles based on designs by the father, Alfred Cluysenaar, together with Jacques de Lalaing.
  • 1904 Portrait de jeune fille avec sa mère
  • 1919 Henry Asquith , Prime Minister
  • 1924 Ostend
  • 1926 pensive
  • Nus de dos
  • Jeune femme nue de dos
  • Robert Chalmers (1858–1938) , 1st Baron Chalmers
  • Arthur Balfour (1848-1930)
  • Britannia with Belgian Refuges
  • Lady in an interior
  • Femme à sa toilette , 55 × 41 cm, signed

literature

  • Fanny Cluysenaar: Les Cluysenaar, une famille d'artistes . Weissenbruch, Brussels 1928.
  • Madelaine Delacre, Marjorie Pym: André Cluysenaar, portraitist . Publishing house Phototype Ern. Thill, 1937.

Web links

Commons : André Cluysenaar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Male portrait
  2. ↑ Askart ascribes this picture to his father Jean-André Alfred Cluysenaar, whose first name is Alfred-Jean-André. This is stylistically (Alfred Cluysenaar's style was academic and formal) and, according to the dating of 1926 (24 years after Alfred Cluysenaar's death), impossible. His son John worked as a sculptor in 1926. askart ; sa Pensive on arcadja arcadja
  3. ↑ Lady in an Interior
  4. ↑ Christie's
personal data
SURNAME Cluysenaar, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cluysenaar, André Edmond Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1939
Place of death Uccle