Thomas van Apshoven

Thomas van Apshoven , also Thomas van Abshoven , Thomas van Abtshoven or Theodor van Apshoven (* before November 30, 1622 in Antwerp , † between September 18, 1664 and July 1665 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter.

Thomas van Apshoven was a son of Ferdinand Apshoven I and the older brother of Ferdinand Apshoven II . He was trained by his father and, with great certainty, by David Teniers the Elder. J. On March 22, 1645 he married Barbara Janssens, with whom he had four children. For the years 1645/46 he is documented as a wine master of the Antwerp guild. In the years 1650 to 1652 he trained first Hendrik van Voren and then Hendrik van Erp to be painters. Also in 1652 he is mentioned as the standard bearer of the vigilante group. In 1657 he held the rank of captain.

Thomas van Apshoven focused on rural interiors and rural sceneries in the style of David Teniers' d. J. specialized, from whose pictures he often took elements for his own works and combined them into new compositions. Even today, this often leads to the fact that his works are often confused with those of his teacher, even though he did not achieve its quality. He also painted a number of still lifes.

Selected Works

• Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
  • Landscape with a farmhouse on a river
• Bremen, art gallery
  • The guardroom
• Darmstadt, Hessian State Museum
  • Landscape with dancing peasants
• Dresden, Old Masters Picture Gallery
  • Breakfast still life
• Glasgow, Art Gallery
  • Landscape with figural staffage (1656)
• Kassel, Old Masters Picture Gallery
  • Peasants dancing and having fun on Dorfstrasse (around 1665–1668)
• Vienna, Art History Museum
  • Peasant economy

literature

• Erik Duverger, Antwerpse art inventories uit de zeventiende eeuw , Brussels, 1984

Web links

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