Leopold Dumonceau

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Karel Leopold Dumonceau (born December 9, 1825 in Maastricht , Kingdom of the United Netherlands ; † May 11, 1893 ) was a Dutch portrait , history and genre painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Dumonceau was the second born of four sons of Jan Desire Dumonceau (1796-1863) and Maria Catharina, née Bragard (1798-1861). He grew up in Maastricht. In 1846 and 1847 he was a student at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There, Karl Ferdinand Sohn taught him in 1846 in the "plaster class" and in 1847 in the "2. Class". Dumonceau settled in Maastricht as a painter. In 1860 he became master of the Masonic Lodge "La Persévérance" there. In 1851 he lived in Paris , in 1852 in Florence . In 1864 he moved to the Belgian Channel coast, where he lived in Heist with his wife, the English composer and painter Betty White . His works, mainly portraits and genre paintings, but also Christian representations and still lifes, he exhibited in larger cities in the Netherlands.

literature

  • Dumonceau, Karel Leopold . In: Pieter A. Scheen: Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750-1880 . The Hague 1981, p. 127.
  • Rieke van Leeuwen: Copies in Florence. Kunstenaars uit de Lage Landen in Toscane en de 19de-eeuwse kunstreis naar Italy . Nederlands Interuniversitair Kunsthistorisch Instituut Florence, Florenz 1985, p. 85 f.
  • Eric Snauwaert, André Desmidt: Karel Leopold Dumonceau . In: Heyst Leeft , year 1997, issue 1, p. 2 f. ( PDF ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 429
  2. ↑ Cf. Nos. 2823 and 2824 in the finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( State Archive North Rhine-Westphalia )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.archive.nrw.de  
personal data
SURNAME Dumonceau, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dumonceau, Karel Leopold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch portrait, history and genre painter from the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Maastricht , Kingdom of the United Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1893