Gustave Wappers
Egide Charles Gustave Wappers (born August 23, 1803 in Antwerp , † December 6, 1874 in Paris ) was a Belgian painter.
Wappers received his first artistic training at the art academy in his hometown; there he was mainly a student of the painters Mathieu Ignace van Brée and Guillaume Jacques Herreyns (1743-1827). Afterwards Wappers lived and worked for some time in Paris to learn specifically by copying the old masters (in the Louvre ). According to his own statements, he was most influenced by Jacob Jordaens and Peter Paul Rubens , among others .
At the age of 27, Wappers had his artistic breakthrough in 1830 with a monumental painting depicting the mayor van der Werf of Leiden, offering his corpse to the starved people during the siege of the city by the Spaniards and calling on them to sin. Wappers thus became the initiator to deal artistically with the history of the country. Over time, a small group of artists formed around Wappers.
In 1832 Wappers was appointed professor, a year later he was elected an honorary member ( NA Honorary ) of the National Academy of Design in New York and in 1840 he was entrusted with the management of the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Lawrence Alma-Tadema is one of his most important students . In 1845 King Leopold I. appointed Wappers as official court painter. In the following year, Wappers was promoted to President of the Belgian National Museum ; he held this office until 1853.
On the occasion of his 44th birthday, Wappers received the rank of baron from King Leopold I and was raised to the rank of personal nobility.
In 1859, Wappers settled in Paris as a freelance artist for the rest of his life. There he died at the age of 71 on December 6, 1874.
Works (selection)
- The people of Brussels tear up Prince Frederick's proclamation (1835, Brussels National Museum)
- The Entombment of Christ (1836, St. Michaelis Church in Leuven)
- Madonna on clouds, surrounded by angels, giving the scapular to the founder of the Jesuit order (Jesuit Church Antwerp)
- Scene from the September days of 1830 (Brussels National Museum)
- Charles IX shooting at the Huguenots
- Anna Boleyn , saying goodbye to Elisabeth
- Philip the Handsome on his deathbed (1841)
- Camoens (1842)
- Genoveva of Brabant (1843)
- Abelard and Heloise
- Charles I receives a rose from a lady before he is executed
- Boccaccio reads his “ Decamerone ” to Joan of Aragon
- Roman girls handing alms to a beggar
- Children with a Newfoundland dog
- The great fishing train from Antwerp
- The capture of Rhodes by the Turks (1845)
- The body of the Lord on Mary's lap (Church of St. Germain in Tirlemont)
- Christoph Columbus
- Belgian women awaiting the outcome of the battle
Individual evidence
- ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "W" ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed April 8, 2015)
literature
- Wappers, Gustave . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 16, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, pp. 387–387.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wappers, Gustave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wappers, Egide Charles Gustave (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1874 |
| Place of death | Paris |