Leopold Haeck
Leopold Haeck (born March 4, 1868 in Antwerp , † September 22, 1928 in Wijnegem ) was a Belgian landscape and genre painter and etcher.
Haeck studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen with Charles Verlat and other professors.
In 1883 he co-founded Als ik kan ("If I can"), an association of young artists that gave them access to exhibitions. The name of the association was a reference to Jan van Eyck , who signed his paintings that way. Haeck made his debut in 1888 at the Antwerp art salon, he also exhibited in Ghent and Brussels.
He painted landscapes and cityscapes, portraits, genre scenes and religious scenes. In addition to painting, he dealt with etching.
He was made a Knight of the Order of Leopold .
literature
- Hagemans, Maurice. in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (online)
- Louis Hissette: Hagemans, Maurice . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 459 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Leopold Haeck - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Maurice Hagemans. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haeck, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian landscape and genre painter and eraser |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1928 |
| Place of death | Wijnegem |