Charles Augustin Wauters
Charles Augustin Wauters (born April 23, 1808 in Boom ; † November 4, 1869 in Mechelen ) was a Belgian genre and history painter and etcher.
Wauters studied from 1829 to 1833 at the Academy of Mechelen and at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen with Mathieu Ignace van Brée . He continued his education in Paris, where he was advised by the painters Paul Delaroche and Ary Scheffer .
Back in Belgium he worked in Mechelen and was appointed director of the art academy there. In 1836 he received two silver medals at the Brussels Salon for works depicting an "unhappy family" and the "death of Marie de Brabant". The history painting “Marie de Bourgogne” (1839) recalled another episode in the national history of Belgium.
In 1842 he went on a study trip to Italy . In the Antwerp Salon of 1843, Wauters showed several scenes of Italian life as well as a painting depicting the life of Dante Alighieri .
Wauters took part in the Paris World's Fair in 1855 .
literature
- Wauters, Charles Augustin . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942.
- Wauters, Charles Augustin in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (Online)
Web links
- Charles Augustin Wauters. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wauters, Charles Augustin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian genre and history painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | boom |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1869 |
| Place of death | Mechelen |