"After The Hunt" By Henri de Braekeleer

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"After The Hunt" By Henri de Braekeleer

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A well-executed and colourful oil on canvas depicting a fox hunt showing two young hunters in the foreground, one kneeling over the dead fox and the other standing blowing a hunting horn to attract two other hunters in the background. A number of dogs are examining the fox and one dog drinks from a pond nearby. There are grey stormy clouds covering half the landscape but they fade to an almost sea blue over the upper right side of the canvas. Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer, (June 1840 – July 1888), was a Belgian painter. He was born and died in Antwerp. He was trained in drawing by his father Ferdinand de Braekeleer, a well-known genre painter, and his uncle Jan August Hendrik Leys. Braekeleer entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) in 1854. Although he remained a student there until 1861, he publicly exhibited his paintings for the first time in 1858 at the Antwerp Salon. In 1863, he went to Germany and, in 1864, to the Netherlands, studying works by 16th- and 17th-century painters in both countries. The influence of Johannes Vermeer was especially important, seen in one of de Braekeleer's most characteristic subjects: a single person absorbed in a quiet activity, shown in an interior lit by a window. In 1869, de Braekeleer signed a contract with the Belgian art dealer, Gustave Coûteaux, a relationship that continued until 1876, and in the same year his uncle Baron Leys died. The two events combined to create the most productive period in de Braekeleer's career, when he made the works for which he is best known and received public recognition for them. In 1872, he received a gold medal at the Salon in Brussels for The Geographer and The Lesson and, in 1873, a gold medal at the International Exhibition in Vienna for The Painter's Studio and Grandmother's Birthday Celebration (all in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels). However, apparently because of depression, he seems to have stopped painting between 1879 and 1881. When he started to work again, he used a shorter and more visible brushstroke, perhaps as a result of the influence of the Impressionists. Vincent van Gogh mentioned de Braekeleer in letters to his brother Theo several times, referring to him as an artist he liked as well as one afflicted by mental illness.

Creator:
Henri De Braekeleer (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
Style:
Sporting Art (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Painted
Place of Origin:
Belgium
Period:
1870-1879
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1875
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Painting and frame have been restored and cleaned.
Seller Location:
Vancouver, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4631214623071