After a Good Hunt
Kremer Petrus
Antwerp 1801 – 1888
Belgian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom left
Dimensions: Image size 49,50 x 44 cm, frame size 63,50 x 58,50 cm
Medium: Oil on panel
Biography: Kremer Petrus was born on May 9 in 1801 in Antwerp. He was a Belgian painter of genre scenes with religious and historic context, still lifes and portraits.
He studied at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Art, with master teachers and artists Guillaume Herreyns (1743 – 1827) and Mattheus van Bree (1773 – 1839). He perfected himself in Paris, travelled in 1838 Germany, France and Italy where he studied in the museums the pictures of the Dutch and Flemish masters.
He excelled in the representation of flowers, poultry and game. Some of his paintings were engraved by English engraver Joseph Brown (1809 – 1887) and other artists.
Belgian painter Gustaaf Wappers (1803 – 1874) painted his portrait.
Kremer was honoured with several medals at various exhibitions, notably in London in 1929. He exhibited at the Brussels National Exhibition of 1842 “Examination of Don Carlos...
Category
19th Century Flemish School Robert Hope Portrait Paintings