Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day
History
Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day
Painting -- History; Women painters -- Biography
The most notable of the women-painters of the Belgian School to-day is
certainly Madame Marie Collart, who with rare skill, has chosen a path
to herself whereon she walks alone with an admirable instinct for
intimate rusticity, showing much deep feeling. The painting of Mlle.
Anna Boch, on the other hand, is bright and gay. She formed one of the
famous group of the XX., and following the example of several of its
members, she has now turned her attention to the special study of
light in the open air. Mlle. Louise Héger, after painting the lonely
_dunes_ of Flanders, and the Campine, has been studying and skilfully
representing the slaty tints of the high plateau of the Ardennes.
The most interesting of the "Ménages d'artistes" existing at present
in the Belgian School is that of the Wytsmans. While Rodolph Wytsman
seeks out the characteristic aspects of the landscapes of Brabant and
the silent spots among the Flemish towns, Mme. Juliette Wytsman, for
her part represents, so to speak, the floral life of the sites chosen
by her husband. She has indeed created a _genre_ in which she is
without a rival.
The daughters of the German engraver, Hoppe, one of whom has married
Bernier, the animal painter, and the other the landscapist, Gilsoul,
have likewise attained celebrity.
[Illustration: DUTCH SCHOOL, XVII CENTURY
THE MERRY YOUNG MAN. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY HANFSTAENGL AFTER THE
PAINTING IN THE RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM.
Judith Leyster, Painter
1600(?)-1660]
The daughters and granddaughters of famous artists form yet another
section. Mlle. Alice Ronner, of Brussels, daughter of Mme. Henriette
Ronner, is beyond dispute the foremost painter of still-life in
Belgium to-day. Her technical qualities are of the highest order, her
_mise-en-page_, her draughtsmanship and her colour are in the grand
style, and her works one and all have a really masterly air. Mlle.
Marguerite Verboeckhoven, the granddaughter of the famous animal
painter, has set herself to study the delicate gradations of colour
seen on the Belgian littoral. Mlle. Verwée, daughter of the painter of
the _Beau Pays de Flandre_, exhibits portraits, which display the
wealth of her palette; and the still-life subjects by Mlle. Georgette
Meunier, daughter of the engraver, Jean Baptiste, and niece of the
great Constantin Meunier, are delicate both in design and in
colouring. She is a pupil of Alfred Stevens.
Mme. Destrée-Danse and Mlle. Louise Danse, daughters of Auguste Danse,
the engraver, have revealed themselves worthy of their father's high
gifts. Mlle. Wesmael, in some remarkable landscapes, and Mme. Marie
Durand, who has done some interesting heads, both prove that in
Auguste Danse the teacher is fully worthy of the artist.
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