Joseph van Lerius

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joseph Hendrik Frans van Lerius (born November 23, 1823 in Boom near Antwerp , † February 29, 1876 in Mechelen ) was a Belgian painter.

Life

Van Lerius studied at the Art Academy in Brussels , where he stood out for his rapid development. He was sent to the Art Academy in Antwerp ( Academie voor schoone Kunsten ) in 1838 on a scholarship or through financial support from his hometown at the age of only 15 . Here he was awarded many prizes, which attracted the interest of the painter Gustave Wappers , who was president of the academy at the time. Baron Wappers took him on in his own studio as an assistant and student. The first picture he painted there was a scene from Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth , which was "an interview between Leicester and Amy Robsart ". This was followed by the picture “Milton dictating Paradise Lost to his Daughter” and “Paul and Virginia crossing the Stream”. In 1848 he was awarded a gold medal for one of his paintings at an exhibition in Brussels. In 1854 Lerius was first appointed as a lecturer at the Antwerp Art Academy and in 1860 appointed professor of painting. In the same year the painting "Jeanne d'Arc" was exhibited in the Museum of Antwerp. The picture showed a scene where “La Pucelle”, as Joan of Arc was also called, was the commander in the rush to Paris. For this work van Lerius was also awarded gold and then elected honorary member of the academy. At an international exhibition in Munich in 1869 he exhibited a work in which a girl falls headlong out of her chamber window to avoid the shame. His later works included "The First Born", which was bought by Queen Victoria and "Volupte et Denouement", which her husband the Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha acquired. In 1877 the city of Antwerp bought the picture of "Lady Godiva".

His students included George Clausen (1852–1944), Cecil van Haanen , Jacob Maris , George du Maurier , Leon Pohle , Piet Verhaert (1852–1908), Eugène Joors and Franz Wenzel Schwarz (1842–1919). In addition to history and portrait painting, Lerius also devoted himself to genre painting. In the 1860s to 1870s he taught at the art academy alongside Charles Verlat . On some of the study trips that led Lerius through Germany, Austria and Italy, he addressed the landscapes through which he traveled. Basically, however, Lerius became known as a portraitist .

student

Works (selection)

Portrait of Henriette Mayer van den Bergh, 1857
  • The Four Ages (1851)
  • The firstborn (1852)
  • Lust and Sorrow (1857)
  • Joan of Arc (1860)
  • Triumph of Virtue (1863)
  • Lady Godiva (1870)

literature

  • Patrick Berko: Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 and 1875. Laconti, Brussels 1981, OCLC 7537544 .
  • Marc Eemans: Modern Art in Belgium. Heideland-Orbit, Hasselt 1975, ISBN 90-291-5737-2 .
  • Willem G. Flippo: Lexicon of the Belgian romantic painters. International Art Press, Antwerp 1981, OCLC 251584420 .
  • Margret Zimmermann: paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries. (Augustinermuseum Freiburg, inventory catalog). Modo, cop., Freiburg im Breisgau 2004, ISBN 3-937-01401-2 .

Web links

Commons : Joseph van Lerius  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Veui Lerius, Joseph Henri Francois. ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on forgottenbooks.org, accessed May 19, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.forgottenbooks.org
  2. ^ Joseph Henri Francois van Lerius. at archive.org, accessed May 19, 2014.
  3. ^ A b Gabriele Röder: Studies on the artistic importance of Cecil van Haanens. on othes.univie.ac.at, accessed on May 19, 2014. (PDF, p. 17/18.)
  4. ↑ Maris, Jakob, painter, b. Aug 25, 1837 from archive.org, accessed May 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ Leon Pohle (1841 Leipzig – 1908 Dresden) on grafikliebhaber.de, accessed on May 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ Piet Verhaert (1852–1908) on odis.be, accessed on May 19, 2014.
  7. ^ H. Grimm:  Schwarz, (Franz) Wenzel; called Wenzel-Schwarz (1842–1919), painter. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Lerius, Joseph van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lerius, Joseph Hendrik Frans van (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Boom in Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 1876
Place of death Mechlin