Constant cap
Constant Aimé Marie Cap (born June 2, 1842 in Sint-Niklaas , † October 9, 1915 in Antwerp ) was a Belgian genre painter and etcher.
He studied in his hometown at the Académie Saint-Nicolas with August De Wilde, then at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schoone Kunsten van Antwerp with Polydore Beaufaux , Joseph Geefs and Bernard Pierre Weiser. After graduating, he worked as a freelance artist in Antwerp. From 1865 he took part in official salons.
In addition to the genre scenes from bourgeois life, he painted pictures that represented the technical achievements of the 19th century: flights in hot air balloons, trips in elegant train compartments.
At the world exhibition in Antwerp in 1894 he showed views of the old quarters of this city.
literature
- Henri Hymans: Cap, Constant Aimé Marie . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 533 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Berko, Patrick; Berko, Viviane, Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875 ; Brussels: Laconti, 1981,
Web links
Commons : Constant Cap - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Constant cap. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Cap, Constant in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cap, Constant |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cap, Constant Aimé Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian genre painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sint-Niklaas |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1915 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |