School of Tervuren

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Hippolyte Boulenger: De Oude Haagbeukdreef, Tervuren (1871–1872), KMSK, Brussels

The School of Tervuren (French. École de Tervueren ) refers to an artist colony in Belgium , which was formed after 1860 in Belgium around Hippolyte Boulenger . It was later seen as the first Belgian version of the Barbizon School .

history

Influenced by artistic developments in Paris , a group around Camille van Camp and Hippolyte Boulenger formed in Tervuren near Brussels in the 1860s . It was called l'École de Tervueren. Well-known members soon joined, such as Théodore Fourmois , Joseph Coosemans , who gave up his post as community secretary , Edouard Huberti , Alphonse Asselbergs , Jules Montigny and Jules Raeymaekers . The hostel In den Vos served as the meeting point directly on the market square of Tervuren. At that time, the color scheme was primarily dark and broken, and the realistic open-air landscape dominated as the motif .

Hippolyte Boulenger was one of the most successful members thanks to his plenary pictures . He was also the school's leading artist throughout his life.

In the second generation of artists, a little later than elsewhere, the transition to Impressionism was successful . Decisive for this were among others Jean-Baptiste de Greef , Guillaume Vogels , Franz Courtens , Isidoor Verheyden and Adolphe Hamesse .

After 1910 this school lost more and more of its importance.

Museums

A private museum called Het Schaakbord (French: L'Échiquieur , German: The chessboard ) in Tervuren was founded on an initiative of the Kunstverein der Freunde der Schule von Tervuren (original Dutch: Vrienden van de School van Tervure ) . This museum has an interesting collection of more than 40 paintings from the "School of Tervuren", including works by Hippolyte Boulenger , Jules Montigny and Joseph Coosemans .

Members (selection)

Web links

  • Ketterer Kunst (art dictionary): artist colonies in Belgium. Retrieved April 29, 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artist colonies in Belgium. In: Ketterer Kunst .
  2. ↑ www.klosterlehnin.de: First citizens' trip to the Belgian partner municipality Tervuren. February 28, 2011, accessed April 29, 2018 .