Euphrosine Beernaert

Euphrosine Beernaert (born April 11, 1831 in Ostend ; † July 7, 1901 in Elsene , Brussels ) was a Belgian landscape painter of the nineteenth century. Along with her contemporary Marie Collart, she is one of the two most important painters in the country. Pictures of her have been included in the collections of numerous museums, for example in Antwerp , Brussels, Bruges , Ghent , Leuven , Ostend, Namur and Kortrijk .

life and work

Euphrosine Beernaert was born in Ostend in 1831 to French-speaking parents. Her mother, Euphrosine Royon, was the daughter of a former mayor and belonged to one of the city's most respected families; her father was a government official and later inspector general in Brussels. The later politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Auguste Beernaert was her brother. The children grew up in a deeply Christian religious atmosphere.

She received art lessons from her mother at a young age and trained herself further by copying Dutch and German landscape paintings. In Brussels, where her father was transferred in 1849, she was the student of Edmond de Schampheleer , Théodore Fourmois and Peter Ludwig Kühnen . Together with her brother she made several trips through France, Germany and Italy and showed her work for the first time at an exhibition in 1854.

Heide bei Oosterbeek , 1884, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

With her works, often painted outdoors , Beernaert moved at the transition between romanticism and increasing realism. She took part in many salons and exhibitions with growing success and in the 1966 census gave her job title as “painter”. She was awarded gold and silver medals at various exhibitions, for example in Le Havre in 1867 and in 1875 on the occasion of the exhibition of fine arts in Brussels. She was awarded the Leopold Order twice - she was the first woman ever to receive the Officer's Cross, the second level.

Beernaert chose the landscapes of the Ardennes and the Kempen , as well as the banks of the Meuse and Scheldt as motifs . In 1875 she lived with her mother in Elsene in the Brussels region and set up a large studio in their shared apartment. Since her brother had now become a minister, it is sometimes suggested that she also benefited from his popularity, but she was also given recognition for her work before her brother was so prominent.

Beernaert also campaigned for less successful artists and initiated the formation of a support fund in 1881. In 1894 she was elected Vice Director of the Monument Protection Commission in Belgium.

Euphrosine Beernaert died in Elsene in 1901.

Works in public collections

Awards

1881: Knight's Cross of the Leopold Order (Belgian Order of Merit)
1892: Officer's Cross of the Leopold Order
Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp

literature

Beernaert, Euphrosine . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 170 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Euphrosine Beernaert - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Eliane Gubin: Beernaert, Euphrosine . In: Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles . Racine, Bruxelles 2006, ISBN 2-87386-434-6 , pp. 43–45 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Beernaert, Euphrosine . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 170 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ ^a ^b ^c K. L. Nichols: Belgian Women Painters: 1893 Exposition - page 1. In: arcadiasystems.org. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ ^A ^b Clara Erskine Clement Waters: Beernaerts, Euphrosine . In: Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century BC to the Twentieth Century AD Hacker Art Books, New York 1974, ISBN 0-87817-150-9 , pp. 39 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - first edition: Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1904, reprint).
^ Search for Euphrosine Beernaert. In: lukasweb.be. Vlaams instituut voor het archief, June 21, 2018, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Beernaert Euphrosine (1831–1901) - Archief stad Oostende - de Stad aan Zee. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Beernaert, Euphrosine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beernaerts, Euphrosine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 11, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	East End
DATE OF DEATH	July 7, 1901
Place of death	Elsene , Brussels

[:2-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Eliane Gubin: Beernaert, Euphrosine . In: Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles . Racine, Bruxelles 2006, ISBN 2-87386-434-6 , pp. 43–45 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[2] Beernaert, Euphrosine . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 170 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[:0-3] K. L. Nichols: Belgian Women Painters: 1893 Exposition - page 1. In: arcadiasystems.org. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .

[:1-4] A ^b Clara Erskine Clement Waters: Beernaerts, Euphrosine . In: Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century BC to the Twentieth Century AD Hacker Art Books, New York 1974, ISBN 0-87817-150-9 , pp. 39 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - first edition: Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1904, reprint).

[5] Search for Euphrosine Beernaert. In: lukasweb.be. Vlaams instituut voor het archief, June 21, 2018, accessed on February 20, 2020 .

[:3-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Beernaert Euphrosine (1831–1901) - Archief stad Oostende - de Stad aan Zee. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .