Charles Boom
Charles Boom (also Karel Boom, born April 3, 1858 in Hoogstraten ; † February 13, 1939 in Antwerp ) was a Belgian genre painter , draftsman , watercolorist and art teacher .
Charles Boom studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen with Edward Dujardin , Lucas Victor Schaefels and Charles Verlat .
After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance genre and history painter and portraitist in Antwerp. From 1885 to 1924 he held the post of professor at the Amsterdam Academy.
He helped Charles Verlat with his coalition war battle pictures of Waterloo and Russia.
Charles Boom was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Belgian Order of the Leopold .
literature
- Heinrich Hammer : Boom, Karel . 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. 331 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Charles Boom - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Charles Boom. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Boom, Charles in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
- Charles Boom in: Cultured Biography (digitized version)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boom, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boom, Karel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian genre painter, draftsman and aqurallelist as well as art educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hoogstraten (Belgium) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1939 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |