Georges Croegaert
Georges Croegaert (born October 7, 1848 in Antwerp , † 1923 in Paris ) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, still lifes and flowers.
Croegaert studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen . He settled in Paris in 1876, where he was influenced by Jan Van Beers .
He mostly painted genre scenes from the life of Parisian noble society with elegantly dressed women. He also created anecdotal scenes depicting the princes of the Catholic Church in their luxury apartments. His works appeared between 1882 and 1914 in the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in Paris. In 1888 he exhibited in Vienna.
Many of Croegaert's paintings found their way into art collections in England and the United States.
literature
- Georges Croegaert in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (online)
- Croegaert, Georges . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 144 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Georges Croegaert - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Georges Croegaert. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Rehs Galleries (Online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Croegaert, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1923 |
| Place of death | Paris |