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Antoine Wiertz
Belgian Painter, 1806-1865
Belgian painter and sculptor. He was from very humble origins, but his talent for drawing was detected at an early age. He was sent to the Antwerp Academie, where he attended classes given by W. J. Herreyns (1743-1827) and Mathieu Ignace Van Br?e. During a stay in Paris from 1829 to 1832 he came into contact with the Romantic painters, in particular Th?odore G?ricault, who fostered his admiration for Rubens. In 1832 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome and in 1834 left for Italy where the works of Raphael and, above all, Michelangelo made an overwhelming impression on him. In Rome he abandoned the landscapes and scenes from Roman life, for which he showed a certain talent, and embarked on a much more ambitious work, the Greeks and the Trojans Contesting the Body of Patroclus (1835; Brussels, Mus. Wiertz.). The painting proved the turning-point in Wiertz's career. Its frenzied composition and violently contorted figures excited considerable interest in Rome.
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painting created in 1854
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Painting ID:: 73452
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painting created in 1854
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Rosine at her Dressing Table
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 156 x 98 cm (61.4 x 38.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 82226
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Rosine_at_her_Dressing_Table
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 156 x 98 cm (61.4 x 38.6 in)
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The Premature Burial
1854(1854)
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 89996
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The_Premature_Burial
1854(1854)
Medium oil on canvas
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Linhumation precipitee
1854(1854)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 160 x 235 cm (63 x 92.5 in)
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Painting ID:: 90502
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Linhumation_precipitee
1854(1854)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 160 x 235 cm (63 x 92.5 in)
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The Suicide
1854(1854)
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 91826
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The_Suicide
1854(1854)
Medium oil on canvas
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Antoine_Wiertz
Belgian Painter, 1806-1865
Belgian painter and sculptor. He was from very humble origins, but his talent for drawing was detected at an early age. He was sent to the Antwerp Academie, where he attended classes given by W. J. Herreyns (1743-1827) and Mathieu Ignace Van Br?e. During a stay in Paris from 1829 to 1832 he came into contact with the Romantic painters, in particular Th?odore G?ricault, who fostered his admiration for Rubens. In 1832 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome and in 1834 left for Italy where the works of Raphael and, above all, Michelangelo made an overwhelming impression on him. In Rome he abandoned the landscapes and scenes from Roman life, for which he showed a certain talent, and embarked on a much more ambitious work, the Greeks and the Trojans Contesting the Body of Patroclus (1835; Brussels, Mus. Wiertz.). The painting proved the turning-point in Wiertz's career. Its frenzied composition and violently contorted figures excited considerable interest in Rome.
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