Gustave Wappers | |
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 Self-portrait (1871) | |
| Born | (1803-08-23)23 August 1803 |
| Died | 16 December 1874(1874-12-16) (aged 71) Paris, France |
| Education | Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Romanticism |
Egide Charles Gustave, Baron Wappers (23 August 1803 – 6 December 1874) was a Belgian painter. His work is generally considered to beFlemish and he signed his work with the Dutch form of his name,Gustaaf Wappers.[1][2]
He studied at theRoyal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, and during 1826 in Paris. TheRomantic movement with its new ideas about art and politics was astir in France. Wappers was the first Belgian artist to take advantage of this state of affairs, and his first exhibited painting, "The Devotion of the Burgomaster ofLeiden," appeared at the appropriate moment and had great success in theBrussels Salon in 1830, the year of theBelgian Revolution. While political, this remarkable work revolutionized the direction of Flemish painters.[3]
Wappers was invited to the court at Brussels, and was favoured with commissions. In 1832 the city of Antwerp appointed him Professor of Painting.[3]
He exhibited his masterpiece, "Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830" or rather "Episode of the September Days of 1830 on the Grand Place of Brussels", (Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium,Brussels) at theAntwerp Salon in 1834. He was subsequently appointed painter toLeopold, King of the Belgians. At the death ofMatthieu-Ignace Van Brée in 1839 he was elevated to director of the Antwerp Academy. As a teacher at the Antwerp Academy he trained a great number of pupils includingFord Madox Brown,Jozef Van Lerius,Lawrence Alma-Tadema,William Duffield,Emil Hünten, the Czechhistory painterKarel Javůrek,Jaroslav Čermák,Ludwig von Hagn,Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans,Eugene van Maldeghem,Ferdinand Pauwels andJacob Jacobs.[3]
His works are numerous. Some of them depict traditional devotional subjects ("Christ Entombed"), while others illustrate the Romantic view of history: "Charles I taking leave of his Children", "Charles IX", "Camoens", "Peter the Great at Saardam", and "Boccaccio at the Court of Joanna of Naples".[3]
Louis Philippe gave him a commission to paint a large painting for the gallery at Versailles, "The Defence of Rhodes by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem".[3] He finished the work in 1844, the same year that he received the title of baron from Belgian king Leopold I.[citation needed] After retiring as director of the Antwerp Academy, he settled in 1853 in Paris, where he died in 1873.
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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Member of theSaxe-Ernestine House Order.[4]
Kingdom of Portugal: Knight of theMilitary Order of Christ.[5]
Belgium: commander of theorder of Leopold (Belgium).
France: officer of theLegion of Honour.[6]
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wappers, Egide Charles Gustave".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 304.Gustave Wappers a été sans doute l'un des porte-étendards les plus talentueux du Romantisme en Belgique.
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