Hendrik Leys
Hendrik Baron Leys (Jean Auguste Henri Leys) (born February 18, 1815 in Antwerp , † August 25, 1869 there ) was a Belgian painter and etcher .
Life
Leys worked from 1829 to 1832 in the studio of his brother-in-law Ferdinand de Braekeleer and in 1833 brought a picture of the fight between a French grenadier and a Cossack to the exhibition in Brussels. He attracted more attention through the painting Battle of the Burgundians and Vlamingen and through the painting The White Caps .
In 1835 he went to Paris and joined the French Romantics here. Partly in this modern manner, partly in the manner of van Dyck and Rembrandt are kept:
- Massacre of the Lions aldermen 1339
- Geusen family, defending themselves against Spaniards
- Flemish wedding
- Gypsies
- robber
- Painter's studio
- Bretagne family festival
- Mayor Six at Rembrandt
- The king of the crossbowmen
- In honor of the feast of the riflemen , after Rubens .
In 1839 he made a trip to Holland, where he got to know the Dutch genre painters better, in whose manner he created pictures such as:
- Frans Floris , going to a party
- The family festival (1845, Leipzig Museum)
- Dutch worship (1844-1850)
- Dutch Society of the 17th Century (1847)
both painted in the Berlin National Gallery etc.
After a trip to Germany (1852) he gradually changed his style and painted in the brilliant, colorful manner of the school of Quentin Massys , initially imitating the naivete and awkwardness of the old masters. The pictures belong to this direction:
- Festival at Otto Venius
- The mass in honor of Mayor Bertall de Haze
- Walk in front of the gate (based on Goethe's "Faust")
- The Catholic women
- New Year in Flanders
- The Plantin family
- MARGARET, leaving the church
- Marie of Burgundy handing out alms
- Luther singing as a child in Eisenach
finally six compositions for a wedding procession , which Leys executed in fresco in his own dining room in Antwerp. In 1855 he received the large gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition, traveled to Germany for the second time in 185 and was raised to the status of hereditary baron in 1862. After Leys visited Germany again in 1863, he started decorating the large hall of the Antwerp City Hall with frescoes. In four paintings he depicted civil rights and self-defense, independence and self-government through four episodes from Antwerp's history from 1514 to 1567. Even before this work was completed, he died on August 25, 1869 in Antwerp, where he lived in the Schoonselhof cemetery was buried.
Leys also made various excellent etchings in imitation of Rembrandt, as well as a lithograph and a woodcut.
gallery
The fair in honor of Mayor Bertall de Haze (1854), Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels
Albrecht Dürer visits Antwerp in 1520 (1855), Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leys, Hendrik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leys, Hendrik Baron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1869 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |