Joseph Stallaert
Joseph Stallaert (born March 19, 1825 in Merchtem , † November 24, 1903 in Brussels ) was a Belgian genre, portrait and history painter.
Stallaert studied with François-Joseph Navez , initially privately, after the death of his father in 1839 enrolled at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles .
Thanks to the Prix de Rome received in 1847 , he spent the period from 1848 to 1853 in Rome . There he met Alexandre Cabanel and was influenced by Raphael. On his return he was appointed director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Tournai . In 1865 he was chosen to be the first teacher of drawing and painting from nature at the Brussels Academy. In 1881 he was awarded the Belgian Leopold Order.
After the death of Jean-François Portaels , he became managing director in 1895. Three months later, due to seniority, he became director. His term of office ended in 1898 and he was replaced by the sculptor Charles van der Stappen . Stallaert dropped out of school and received a pension following a measure by the city council that made seventy the compulsory retirement age.
literature
- Stellaert, Joseph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937.
- Berko, Patrick; Berko, Viviane, Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875 ; Brussels: Laconti, 1981
Web links
- Josef Stallaert. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Stallaert, Joseph in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stallaert, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian genre painter, portrait painter and history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Merchtem |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1903 |
| Place of death | Brussels |