Willem Linnig the Elder
Willem Linnig the Elder (born April 7, 1819 in Antwerp ; † August 8, 1885 there ) was a Belgian portrait and genre painter and etcher .
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Life
Willem Linnig was a son of the painter Peter-Joseph Linnig (1777–1836) and his wife Catherine-Joséphine, b. Leya. He received his training from Hendrik Leys at the Antwerp Academy , the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten .
In the 1870s he taught as a professor at the University of Fine Arts in Weimar , including his son Willem Linnig the Younger . In 1877 Linnig co-founded the Weimar Society for the Art of Etching . In 1883 he returned to Antwerp. His works were mainly history pictures and genre scenes in which he created the atmosphere in Antwerp in the XVI. and XVII. Century.
Willem Linnig died in his hometown at the age of 67 and was buried in the Antwerp Schoonselhof cemetery.
family
Willem Linnig the Elder belonged to a 19th century Antwerp artist dynasty. Next to him there were his two brothers Jan Theodor Joseph Linnig (1815-1891) and Égide (Egidius) Linnig (1821-1860) and his sons Willem Linnig the Younger (1842-1890), Ben (Benjamin) Linnig (1860-1929) ) and Egidius Linnig the Younger (1844–1908), all of whom were artistically active as painters, photographers or etchers. His father, Peter-Joseph Linnig, was already a painter, and his son Benjamin's daughters also became active painters.
Works (selection)
- Dutch farmhouse parlor. 1840, wood, 32 × 38 cm
- Guest Maal. 1850, wood, 67.5 × 86.5 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts , Antwerp
- Ruines de la Bourse d'Anvers en 1858. (Ruins of the burned stock exchange)
- Atelier van Geert de Winter. 1862, wood, 98.6 × 130 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
- A tavern maid in Flanders. 1869
- Hangkast. 1875, wood, 74 × 56 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
- De School. 1875, wood, 44.5 × 57 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
- Difficult task. 1877, etching
- A miracle doctor. 1879
- Keuken. 1883, oil, 66 × 84.5 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
- The inside of a tavern. Wood, 37 × 45 cm
- La robe de mariée. (The wedding dress)
literature
- Linnig, Willem, the father. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 884 ( archive.org ).
- Linnig, Willem the Elder Ae. In: HA Müller , HW Singer : General Artist Lexicon. Volume 3, p. 15, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt / M. 1921 ( archive.org )
- Linnig, Willem Sr. In: Dictionnaire des peintres belges. (French, digitized version )
- Ulrike B. Wegener: Linnig, Willem (I) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 84, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023189-2 , p. 535.
- Linnig, Willem sen . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 256 .
- Walther Scheidig : The History of the Weimar School of Painting 1860-1900. Seemann, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-363-00538-5 .
Web links
- Works by Willem Linnig the Elder on the artnet portal
- Works by Willem Linnig the Elder at the Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium (KIK-IRPA) (Dutch / English)
- Works by Willem Linnig the Elder at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- vlaamsekunstcollectie Works in the art history museums of Antwerp, Bruges and Ghent
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grave site of the Linnig family on schoonselhof.be (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Linnig, Willem the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Linnig, Willem Sr. Linnig I, Willem |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian portrait and genre painter, etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1885 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |