Léon Brunin
Léon Brunin (also Léon de Meuter, born November 20, 1861 in Antwerp , † March 13, 1949 ibid) was a Belgian painter and etcher and art teacher.
Brunin studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen , first with the sculptor Frans Joris, then with the painters Charles Verlat and Polydore Beaufax.
Turning away from the modern styles, he was inspired by the painting Rembrandt van Rijn . He was also influenced by Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder. Brunin's pictures faithfully portray the Netherlands in the seventeenth century.
In Antwerp in 1883 he was a founding member of the artist group “Als Ik Kan” (if I can). In 1886 he was appointed professor at the Antwerp Academy. From 1886 he was friends with the Dutch artists Matthijs Maris , Jacob Maris , Hendrik Willem Mesdag , Lawrence Alma-Tadema and the Italian painter Giovanni Segantini .
Léon Bruni was appointed Officer of the Order of the Crown and Knight of the Order of Leopold .
literature
- Hans Vollmann: Brunin, Léon . 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. 139 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Berko, Patrick; Berko, Viviane, Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875 ; Brussels: Laconti, 1981
Web links
- Léon Brunin. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Brunin, Léon in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brunin, Léon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Meuter, Léon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter and etcher as well as art teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1949 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |