Erin Corr
Mathieu "Erin" Corr (* 1803 in Brussels , † August 10, 1862 in Paris ) was a Belgian engraver and engraver of Irish descent.
Life
Erin Corr was a son of Mathieu Corr (1776-1853) and Monique Landy. His parents came from Ireland and had settled in Brussels in 1802, where they opened a luxury shoe shop for "bespoke boots".
Originally he wanted to become a goldsmith, but then went to Paris to the Collège des Irlandais . Returned to Belgium and learned the craft of engraving at the Academy in Antwerp with De Meulemeester. Back in Paris he worked for the British Wedgwood and Forster . Later (1832 or 1836?) He succeeded De Meulemeester as professor. Erin Corr's students include: a. Michel Charles Antoine Verswyvel.
His most important works include:
- Christ on the Cross , after Anthony van Dyck
- Hagar and Ishmael in the desert , after François-Joseph Navez (attribution), 1832
- The savior of the world , according to Leonardo da Vinci
- Erecting the cross , after Peter Paul Rubens , unfinished (?)
- Descent from the Cross , according to Peter Paul Rubens, he worked on the work for ten years
- The King of the Belgians, Leopold I , after Gustave Wappers , 1834
- The Queen of the Belgians, Louise Marie d'Orléans , after Ary Scheffer , 1838
- Engelbert Sterckx , Archbishop of Mechelen , after Cornelis Cels
He was one of the illustrators and engravers who worked on the magazine La Belgique horticole, journal des jardins et des vergers (35 volumes, 1851 to 1885) published by the Belgian botanist Charles François Antoine Morren and his father Charles Jacques Édouard Morren .
Another artist of the magazine was u. a. also Corr's pupil Jozef Linnig .
Picture gallery
View of the Rubens House after a picture by Nicaise de Keyser
Erecting the cross after a picture by Peter Paul Rubens
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family
Erin Corr married Theodora van den Poel, who was born in Wakken ( West Flanders ) on October 16, 1818 (daughter of Theodoor Van den Poel and Victoria Lovie).
Erin Corr had several siblings, including a .:
- His brother Michel Corr (* 1801; also: Michael Corr van der Maeren or Michel Corr-Vandermaeren) was one of the investors who helped to finance the construction of the Shamrock colliery in Herne in the founding year of 1856 by William Thomas Mulvany .
- Isabelle Marie Françoise (Fanny) Geefs-Corr (born May 2, 1807 in Brussels, † January 23, 1883 in Schaerbeek ) was a painter. She was married to Guillaume (Wilhelm) Geefs, a brother of Joseph Geefs , Jean Geefs and Charles Geefs .
- Henry Jean Baptiste Corr (also Henri Corr) (1810-1875); He was a painter and civil engineer and married to Baroness Aimée de t'Serclaes de Kessel (1829–1879), a cousin of Émile de t'Serclaes de Wommersom (born August 28, 1809 in Brussels; † May 25, 1880 in Gent )
- Anne Charlotte "Mathilde" Corr (born February 14, 1813 in Brussels, † July 10, 1888 in Nointel (Oise) ); also a painter, she was married (since October 14, 1835) to the French writer Pierre Vaast Côme Roch Lagache. In Paris she was a student of Camille Roqueplan .
- Hortense Louise Corr (1822–1890) was the wife of Gustave Simon Pierre Dutalis, son of the goldsmith Joseph Germain Dutalis (1780–1852).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of his works (English)
- ↑ Directory of his works in the Rijksstudio (English)
- ^ "Catalog listing for La Belgique horticole 1-15". Royal Library of Belgium
- ^ Shamrock colliery in Herne
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corr, Erin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corr, Mathieu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian engraver of Irish descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1862 |
| Place of death | Paris |