Paul Eugène Gorge

Lovis Corinth: Portrait of the Painter Paul Eugène Gorge (1884)

Paul Eugène Gorge: De visser

Paul Eugène Gorge (born March 23, 1856 in Antwerp , † November 14, 1941 in Berchem (Antwerp) ) was a Belgian painter.

Life

Gorge was trained at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen . He painted genre pictures , interiors and landscapes . Shortly after its founding in 1883, Gorge became a member and treasurer of the Flemish artists' association Als ik Kan , whose members, with the exception of Henry van de Velde , could only gain local significance in their traditional painting style. Painters such as Emile Claus , James Ensor and George Minne in the Kunst van Heden group founded in 1905 set themselves apart from this. Gorge stayed in Antwerp throughout his life. He took part in a few exhibitions around the turn of the century and is only rarely present in museums and on the art market.

The German painter Lovis Corinth went to Antwerp to study at the art academy in 1884 and was welcomed in Gorge's studio and household. Gorge also introduced him to Antwerp artists, but Corinth quickly got bored and moved on to Paris after only three months. The friendship with Gorge remained, and Corinth later portrayed Gorge several times.

Participation in exhibitions

1892, Ghent, Casino, Driejaarlijks Salon
1905, Antwerp, Buyle Gallery, 50th Salon Als ik Kan: Ochtendzon
1909, Gent, Salon 1909: Duiventil in de winter
1911, Driejaarlijks Salon

Museums

Antwerp, Kon. Museum of Fine Arts : In de bakkerij

literature

AS: Gorge, Paul Eugène . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 59, Saur, Munich a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-22799-8 , pp. 25 f.

Web links

Commons : Paul Eugène Gorge - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ The artist groups Als ik Kan and Kunst van Heden in the Dutch Wikipedia nl: Als ik Kan and nl: Kunst van Heden
^ Klaus-Peter Schuster: Exhibition Lovis Corinth, retrospective , Munich: Prestel, 1996, p. 12 ISBN 3-7913-1645-1
↑ Peter Kropmanns: Lovis Corinth: an artist's life , Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2008, p. 37 ISBN 978-3-7757-2074-8

personal data
SURNAME	Gorge, Paul Eugène
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gorge, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH	November 14, 1941
Place of death	Berchem (Antwerp)

[1] The artist groups Als ik Kan and Kunst van Heden in the Dutch Wikipedia nl: Als ik Kan and nl: Kunst van Heden

[2] Klaus-Peter Schuster: Exhibition Lovis Corinth, retrospective , Munich: Prestel, 1996, p. 12 ISBN 3-7913-1645-1

[3] Peter Kropmanns: Lovis Corinth: an artist's life , Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2008, p. 37 ISBN 978-3-7757-2074-8