Victor Eeckhout
Victor Eeckhout (* 1821 in Antwerp , † 1879 in Tangier ) was a Belgian orientalist painter .
In 1831 he moved with his parents to The Hague, where his father, the portrait and genre painter Jakob Josef Eeckhout, was appointed director of the local art academy in 1839 . Victor became a student of his father. In 1848 he came to Brussels and took part in art salons.
He spent the years 1865 and 1866 in Paris . He then settled in the Moroccan coastal city of Tangier , where he stayed for life. There he met the painter Jean-François Portaels . In Morocco he devoted himself exclusively to the painting of orientalism. He painted genre scenes from the lives of simple Arabs, but not fashionable harem scenes. He was a founding member of the Société royale belge des aquarellistes .
literature
- Eeckhout, Victor . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 358 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Michael Bryan: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers 1886 page 457 (Online)
Works
- Victor Eeckhout, Types pittoresques et scènes de la plage d'Ostende pendant la Saison des bains de mer , Brugge / Oostende 1856
Web links
- Eeckhout, Victor. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eeckhout, Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian orientalist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1879 |
| Place of death | Tangier |