Paul Lauters
Paul Lauters or Paul Lauteri (16 July 1806, Brussels – 12 November 1875, Brussels), was a Belgian printmaker, illustrator and painter. Lauters studied under the sculptor Charles Malaise (1775–1836) at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts from 1820 to 1823. From 1823 he worked for the Goubau & Dewasme-Plétinckx lithographic company at the same time as Jean-Baptiste Madou.
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Paul Lauters

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- Name
- Paul Lauters
- Born
- 16 August 1806
- Birthplace
- Brussels, France (now Brlgium)
- Died
- 12 November 1875
- Place of death
- Brussels, Belgium
- Occupation
- Painter
- Education
- Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Fields
- landscape.
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Paul Lauters or Paul Lauteri (16 July 1806, Brussels – 12 November 1875, Brussels), was a Belgian printmaker, illustrator and painter. Lauters studied under the sculptor Charles Malaise (1775–1836) at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts from 1820 to 1823. From 1823 he worked for the Goubau & Dewasme-Plétinckx lithographic company at the same time as Jean-Baptiste Madou.
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Biography
Biography
In 1836 he taught at the École Royale de Gravure. He collaborated with the painter Théodore Fourmois in 1839, producing images of the abbey ruins at Villers-la-Ville. In 1840 Lauters produced illustrations for Les Aventures de Till Eulenspiegel and for Les Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart. During this period François Stroobant was his student. In 1846 Lauters illustrated Le Juif errant. In 1848 he was appointed professor at the Académie des Beaux-Arts of Brussels. He illustrated several popular books including Les Environs de Bruxelles (12 lithographs) and La Légende de Thyl Uilenspiegel (woodcuts, 1868) by Charles de Coster. About 1872 Amédée Lynen (1852–1938) was his student. In 1874 he published Principes de paysages.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels. Work by Paul Lauters is recorded in the collections of National Museum of World Cultures, Netherlands Photo Museum, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Groeningemuseum.

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Key facts
• Name — Paul Lauters • Birth Name — Paul Lauters • Born — 16 August 1806 • Birthplace — Brussels, France (now Brlgium) • Died — 12 November 1875 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Occupation — Painter • Education — Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts • Illustration — Paul Lauters, Ruines du Château de Montfort à Esneux, 1841
Career timeline
Career timeline
• 1820: Enrolled at the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. He studied in the workshop of Charles Malaise • 1836: Teaches at l'Ecole royale de gravure. He works with the printer and lithographer Gouban & Dewasme-Pletinckx • 1840: Drawings for The Adventures of Till Eulenspiegel and Les Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart. During this period François Stroobant is his pupil • 1846: Drawings for "The Wandering Jew (Le Juif errant)." • 1848: Appointed professor at the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles • 1868: Founding member of the avant-gardist Société Libre des Beaux-Arts in Brussels • c1872: Amédée Lynen is his student
Identity
Identity
Paul Lauters is recorded as painter, illustrator, lithographer, artist and printmaker.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1806
Paul Lauters born at Brussels.
1875
Paul Lauters died at Ixelles.
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Brussels.
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Ixelles.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q528373: Paul Lauters
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- “Paul Lauters”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Literature
Literature
36381, 1876-04-08, LAUTERS (Paul), artiste-peintre †, Art Sales Catalogues Online.
Lauters, Paul, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- 1.État-civil de Bruxelles. agatha.arch.be. 2026.
- 2.État-civil d'Ixelles. agatha.arch.be. 2026.
- 3.Auguste Numans. kikirpa.be.
- 4.Article auteur1=A.V.G. Emile Puttaert Annuaire de la Société d'archéologie de Bruxelles 13-14 1 1902 115-116 lire en https://www.geneanet.org/archives/ouvrages?action=detail&livre_id=21478&page=121&book_type=livre&search_type=livre&name=PUTTAERT&with_variantes=0 consulté le=8 septembre 2024 id= .
- 5.État-civil d'Ixelles. agatha.arch.be. 2026.
- 6.Exposition nationale des Beaux-Arts : explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, dessin et lithographie des artistes vivans, exposés au Salon de 1836. Vandooren frères. 1836.
- 7.Compte-rendu du salon d'exposition de Bruxelles. JP Meline. 1836.
- 8.Exposition nationale des Beaux-Arts de 1851, catalogue explicatif. G. Stapleaux. 1851.
- 9.Paul Lauters. fine-arts-museum.be. 2026.
- 10.L'ordre de Léopold. Lucien Hochsteyn. 1887.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Bulletin Trimestriel de l'Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg, Arlon, 2013 N° 3-4 p .181.
- Eugène De Seyn, Dictionnaire biographique des sciences, des lettres et des arts en Belgique, Editions l'Avenir, Bruxelles, 1936, tome II, page 645
- Paul Legrain, Dictionnaire des Belges, Bruxelles, 1981, p.307.
- Catalogue des aquarelles, tableaux et études délaissés par M. Paul Lauters. 1876.
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National Museum of World Cultures, Netherlands Photo Museum, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Les aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart (1840) — Internet Archive
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