Ernest Slingeneyer

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The proud fisherman by Ernst Slingeneyer

Ernest Slingeneyer (born May 28, 1820 in Lochristi , † April 27, 1894 in Brussels ) was a Belgian history painter .

Life

Slingeneyer was a pupil of Gustave Wappers , who aroused in him a fondness for historical representations and genre pictures.

Works known and loved in the 19th century were the sinking of the ship Le Vengeur from 1845, The death of the ship's captain Jacobsen , The death of Nelsons , The heroism of the French sailors of the ship Le Feu or Lutte en Mer (1795) , Philip the Good in the Battle of Brouwershaven (1852), The Battle of Lepanto (in the Modern Museum in Brussels), The last days of Pompeii (1890).

He later taught at the Atelier Libre Saint-Luc in Brussels. In 1894 he was a member of the admissions committee for the art exhibition at the World Expo 1894 in Antwerp.

literature

Web links

Commons : Ernest Slingeneyer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Muther: History of Painting . IV edition. tape 3 : 18th and 19th centuries . Carl P. Chryselius'scher Verlag, Berlin 1922, p. 272 ( The Battle of Lepanto  - Internet Archive - Illustration).
  2. ^ Slingeneyer . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 18, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p.  543 .
personal data
SURNAME Slingeneyer, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian history painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Lochristi
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1894
Place of death Brussels