Théodore Baron
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Théodore Baron (19 August 1840 - 4 September 1899) was a Belgian landscape painter in the Realistic style.
Biography
He was initially trained in the
From 1865 to 1868, he lived in
He was constantly moving about; painting in the Meuse river valley and along the river Lesse. He also worked with Félicien Rops and Octave Maus at an artists' retreat in Anseremme. In 1870, he stayed with the art critic, Camille Lemonnier, at his home near Profondeville. Later, he travelled as far as France and Italy.
In 1882, he became a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Namur, replacing Ferdinand Marinus. His best known students there include Isidore Verheyden and Hippolyte de la Charlerie. In 1884, he was appointed the Academy's Director, and remained in that position until his death. Streets have been named after him in Auderghem and Namur where a monument, created by Charles van der Stappen, has been erected.
Sources
- Herman De Vilder, "De School van Tervuren : in de bedding van de tijd"; De Vrienden van de School van Tervuren, 2008 ISBN 978-90-805835-04
- Hoozee R., "Barbizon en België"; in: "De School van Barbizon"; exhibition catalog, Museum voor Schone Kunst, Ghent 1985 ISBN 90-6730-020-9
- Paul Piron, De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw, 2nd ed., 1999, ISBN 978-90-7667-601-2
- E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs; Librairie Gründ, Paris 1976 ISBN 2-7000-0151-6
External links
- More works by Baron @ ArtNet
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