Michel Ghislain Stapleaux
Michel Ghislain Stapleaux (born June 26, 1799 in Brussels , † October 28, 1881 in Gien (Loiret) ) was a Belgian portrait, genre and history painter.
Stapleaux became a student of Jacques-Louis David , who found asylum in Belgium in 1816, and remained with him as an assistant until his death in 1825.
He received two gold medals at the Brussels painting competition in 1822 and in Antwerp in 1823. In 1825 he painted the children of Jérôme Bonaparte .
He spent the years from 1834 to 1835 in Florence , where he copied masterpieces from the Uffizi .
In 1835 he came to Stuttgart , was appointed court painter by King Wilhelm I (Württemberg) and worked there until 1839. In 1839 he received the Württemberg Medal of Merit.
In 1841 he took over the chair from Constantinus Fidelio Coene at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles , but resigned in July 1842.
In 1855 he settled in Paris and stayed in France for life.
literature
- Stapleaux, Michaël Ghislain . 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, p. 475 .
- Stapleaux, Michel-Ghislain in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (online)
Web links
- Michel Ghislain Stapleaux. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stapleaux, Michel Ghislain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian portrait, genre and history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1881 |
| Place of death | Gien (Loiret) |