Jean-Baptiste Robie
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.jpg) Portrait of Robie, c. 1894 | |
| Born | Jean-Baptiste Robie 1821 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 1910 n/a |
| Occupation | Painter |
Jean-Baptiste Robie or Jean Robie (1821–1910) was a Belgian painter who specialised in still lifes with flowers and fruit.[1] He later painted seascapes, landscapes and Oriental scenes based on his travels in the Middle East, India and Ceylon.[2] He was also a writer who wrote about his travels in the East, an autobiographical essay and art theoretical works.[1]
Life[edit]
He was born in Brussels, the son of a smith, and was initially self-taught.[3] With the encouragement of his friend the artist Théodore Fourmois he later began studying at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels with Balthazar-François Tasson (later Tasson-Snel) and exhibited at the Brussels Salon from 1843 to 1875, as well as at the Paris Salon and elsewhere.[1]
He also wrote many travel books based on his extensive travels as far as India.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ a b c Marchal, E., Notice sur Jean Robie, in: Annuaire de l’Académie Royale de Belgique, 1911, pp 177–190
- ^ Dictionnaire des peintres belges: Jean-Baptiste Robie
- ^ Jean Robie, Les débuts d'un peintre, Brussels, Polleunis, Ceuterick et Lefébure, 1886
Further reading[edit]
- De Taeye, Edmond Louis, 1894-97: Les artistes belges contemporains. Brussels
- Flippo, W.G., 1981: Lexicon of the Belgian Romantic Painters. Antwerp
- Op De Beeck, E.: Un musée indien à Saint-Gillis. Oeuvre du peintre Jean Robie, in: Le Folklore Brabançon, nr. 162 (1964), pp 232–251* Thieme, U., & Becker, F., 1980-86: Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Reprint of 1907 edition. 37 vols. Leipzig: Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag
- Vandevivere, I.. in: Biographie Nationale, 33, Brussel, (1965–66)
External links[edit]
Media related to Jean-Baptiste Robie at Wikimedia Commons
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