Henry Campotosto
Henry Campotosto (* 1833 in Brussels , † 1910 in London ) was a Belgian genre painter.
Campotosto studied painting at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles . He then worked as a freelance genre painter in Brussels until 1870. He took part in the Paris World's Fair in 1867 . He painted some pictures together with Eugène Verboeckhoven .
In 1871 he moved to London with his family and stayed there for life. He exhibited his works in the Royal Academy Exhibition until 1874 and in the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1878.
In 1880 he took part in the Berlin Academy Exhibition. His daughter Octavia also became a painter, visited Italy, showed her pictures from 1871 to 1874 at the Royal Academy.
literature
- Maurice W. Brockwell : Campotosto, Henry . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 480 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Henry Campotosto - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Henry Campotosto. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Campotosto, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Campotosto, Henry Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1910 |
| Place of death | London |