Egide Linnig
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Egide (Egidius) Linnig (born August 25, 1821 in Antwerp , † October 13, 1860 Sint-Willebrord ) was a Belgian marine and landscape painter and etcher . He was one of the first realistic erasers in Belgium.
Life
Egide Linnig was a son of the painter Peter-Joseph Linnig (1777–1836), who came from Aschbach in the Grand Duchy of Nassau, and his wife Catherine-Joséphine, nee. Leya. He received his training at the Antwerp Academy , the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten , from 1834 to 1839 with Matthias Van Bree (1773–1839) and then until 1842 with Jacques Van Gingelen (1810–1864).
In 1840 he showed his first pictures in Antwerp at the Driejaarlijks Salon , after which he regularly took part in exhibitions in Belgium and Germany. Linnig settled in Antwerp, study trips took him to Holland (1844), England, Ireland and Norway (1847). His oeuvre includes shipwrecks, storms and thunderstorms at sea, but also views of the Scheldt and the Flemish coast.
Egide Linnig died at the age of 39 of complications from pneumonia.
family
Egide Linnig belonged to a 19th century Antwerp artist dynasty. In addition to him there were his two brothers Jozef Linnig (1815-1891) and Willem Linnig the Elder (1819-1885), his sons Willem Linnig the Younger (1842-1890), Egidius Linnig the Younger (1844-1908) and Benjamin Linnig (1860–1929), all of whom were artistically active as painters, photographers or etchers. Even his father Peter-Joseph Linnig was a painter, and Benjamin Linnig's daughters were also active as painters.
Works (selection)
- Haringvissers bij de Doggersbank. 1840
- De kust bij Zierikzee. 1840
- The Brik "Timor" schipbreuk lijdend voor de Engelske kust. 1841
- River view near Antwerp. 1849
- Caulking a ship on the Scheldt near Antwerp. 1849
- Moonlight landscape in Holland. 1853
- View of Zyrksee in Zeeland. 1853
- The Barque "Mathilde" of Boston, WM.Peterson, master, in heavy seas, March 3. 1854.
- Winter landscape near Rotterdam. 1857
- Caulking by an East Indiaman in the port of Dordrecht. 1857
- Shipwrecked in a storm.
- View of Antwerp and the Scheldt.
- Coastal scene with the three-masted ship "Le Macassar" Firing a Salute. etching
literature
- Linnig, Egidius. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 884 ( archive.org ).
- Linnig, Egidius. In: HA Müller , HW Singer : General Artist Lexicon. Volume 3, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt / M. 1921, p. 15 ( archive.org ).
- Linnig, Egide. In: Dictionnaire des peintres belges. (French digitized version ).
- Linnig, Égide. In: Theodor Hippert: Le peintre-graveur hollandais et belge du XIX siècle. FJ Olivier, Bruxelles 1879 (French, archive.org ).
- Linnig, Egide, marineschilder en scheepsportrettist. In: Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek. Pp. 481–486 (Dutch, digitized version )
- Linnig, Egidius . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 256 .
Web links
- Works by Egide Linnig on the artnet portal
- Works by Egide Linnig at the Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium (KIK-IRPA) (Dutch / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustration and other etchings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Linnig, Egide |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Linnig, Egidius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian marine and landscape painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1860 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |