Gustaaf Wappers
Gustaaf Wappers (1803–1874) was a Belgian painter, university teacher and artist.
Also recorded as Gustaaf Wappers; Gustave Wappers; Baron Egidius Karel Gustave Wappers; Baron Gustaf Wappers; Egidius Karel Gustaf, Baron Wappers; Egidius Karel Gustaf Wappers.
Overview
Recorded at birth as Egidius Karel Gustaaf, baron Wappers.
Born at Antwerp in 1803, died at Paris in 1874.
In detail
Gustaaf Wappers studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts. training under Mattheus Ignatius van Bree and Willem Jacob Herreyns is recorded. Jules Breton, Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic and August Weckesser are recorded as having studied under Gustaaf Wappers. the recorded working language is French.
The field of work recorded is architecture and painting. The authority associates the name with Romanticism.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Antwerp. Employment is recorded with Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Positions recorded include court painter. Membership is recorded of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and Académie des beaux-arts.
Works named in the authority record are Anthony van Dyck in Love with his Model.
Work by Gustaaf Wappers is recorded in the collections of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Amsterdam Museum and Centraal Museum.
Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Order of Leopold, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Saxe-Ernestine and Commander of the Order of Christ.
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