Henri Cassiers
Henri Cassiers (born August 11, 1858 in Antwerp , † February 27, 1944 in Ixelles / Elsene ) was a Belgian painter, watercolorist, poster artist and illustrator.
After working for the architect P. Saintenoy, he attended the art school "La Patte de Dindon". He then studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen under Henry Stacquet and at the academies of Brussels and Sint-Joost-ten-Node .
Between 1886 and 1893 he illustrated many popular weekly magazines such as “De Vlaamsche Patriot”, “Le Globe Illustré” and “L'Illustration Européenne”.
He also illustrated books by Camille Mauclair , Emile Verhaeren , Cyriel Buysse and Jean d'Ardenne. For “Côte de Flandre” (Brussels, 1888) he provided 106 drawings.
From 1898 he made many posters, postcards, menus and other advertising material for tourist destinations and shipping companies.
literature
- Henri Cassiers in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (Online)
- Adrien Jean Joseph Delen: Cassiers, Henri . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 129 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Henri Cassiers. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassiers, Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cassiers, Henricus Paulus Emilius Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter, watercolourist, poster artist and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1944 |
| Place of death | Ixelles / Elsene |