Jan Swerts
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Jan Swerts (born December 25, 1820 in Antwerp , † August 11, 1879 in Marienbad ) was a Belgian painter .
Live and act
He, a student of Nicaise de Keyser , made a name for himself in the monumental art of Belgium by getting the Belgian government to hold an exhibition of boxes by German masters in Brussels and Antwerp (1859). With Godefried Guffens he created a series of murals of religious and historical content, which follow the direction of the New German classics.
From 1874 he became director of the Academy of Fine Arts, in Prague he died on August 11, 1879 in Marienbad .
literature
- Ernst Förster: G. Guffens and J. Swerts . In: Westermanns Jahrbuch der Illustrierte Deutsche Monatshefte , Volume 20, 1866, pp. 317–327 (each with a portrait wood engraving for Commons) Digitized by Google
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Swerts, Jan . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 41st part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1880, pp. 25–28 ( digitized version ).
- Rudolf Müller: Swerts, Jean . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 261-264.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swerts, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swerts, Jan-Eugène-Emmanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1879 |
| Place of death | Marienbad |