Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans
Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans (born June 28, 1816 in Brussels , † December 31, 1889 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) was a Belgian painter and father of the painters Diana (1861-1952) and Heva (1864-1939) Coomans.
Coomans studied painting with Pieter Van Hanselaere in Ghent, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Nicaise de Keyser and Gustave Wappers . After completing his studies, he came to Paris , and with the French army he came to Algeria , where he stayed for several years. He also visited Italy , Turkey , Greece and the Crimea .
In Italy he visited the excavations at Pompeii in 1857 . From 1860 he worked again in Paris.
Coomans visited the United States with his daughters . His works, as well as those of his daughters, were highly valued there and found in many American collections.
He was married twice: with Zoé van Male de Brachene (1807-1848) and with Adelaïde Lacroix (1838-1884). From the first marriage he had a son Oscar-Jean Cooman (1848-1884), from the second two daughters.
literature
- Nouvelle Biographie Nationale . Volume 14, Académie Royale de Belgique, Brussels 2018, pp. 61–63.
- Adrien Jean Joseph Delen: Coomans, Pierre Olivier Joseph . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 355–356 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- General artist lexicon. Volume 21, KG SAUR, Munich-Leipzig, 1999.
- Benezit: Dictionary of Artists. Volume 3, Gründ, Paris 2006.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coomans, Pierre Olivier Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian genre and oriental painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1889 |
| Place of death | Boulogne-Billancourt |