Jakob Josef Eeckhout
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Jakob Josef Eeckhout (born June 2, 1793 in Antwerp , † December 25, 1861 in Paris ) was a Belgian painter and lithographer .
Life
Eeckhout learned modeling at the academy in his hometown and was awarded the sculpture prize in Brussels in 1821 for his sculpture Death of Cleopatra .
His inclination, however, drove him to painting, and in 1824 the painting Girl Checkmating a Young Man won first prize in Ghent . In 1831 he settled in the Hague and in 1839 became director of the academy there . In 1844 he went back to Belgium and in 1859 to Paris , where he died in 1861. In 1856 he was a founding member of the Société royale belge des aquarellistes .
For a while Eeckhout liked to draw his motifs from the life of Scheveningen fishermen, but later preferred to cultivate the historical genre . His son Victor Eeckhout also became a painter.
Work (selection)
His main works are:
- Peter the Great at Zaandam
- Marriage of the Jacobea of Bavaria
- Orphan girl coming out of church
- The fatherly admonition
literature
- A. Delen: Eeckhout, Jakob Josef . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 357-358 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Eeckhout, Jacob Joseph. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/1, sheets 1–30: Aagaard – Heideck. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891, p. 254 ( archive.org ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eeckhout, Jakob Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eeckhout, Jacobus Josephus; Eeckhout, Jacques Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1861 |
| Place of death | Paris |