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Henri de Braekeleer
Henri de Braekeleer

Henri de Braekeleer

Belgian, 1840-1888
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Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer 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, when Reaper and Washerwoman (locations unknown) were shown 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. 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.

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Garden of a Florist

Garden of a Florist (1864)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Landscape
The Violin Player

The Violin Player

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Violin Player

The Violin Player

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Winedrinker

The Winedrinker

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Woman at the Curtain

The Woman at the Curtain

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Waiting

Waiting

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Woman Reading

Woman Reading (1881-1885)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Woman Reading

Woman Reading

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Woman Reading

Woman Reading (1872)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Woman Reading

Woman Reading (1881-1885)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Woman Sewing

Woman Sewing

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Farmhouse

Farmhouse (1865-1875)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Landscape
The Florist

The Florist

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Abstract
Gustave Coûteaux’s Country Estate

Gustave Coûteaux’s Country Estate

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Landscape
The Chapel of Grace in Antwerp

The Chapel of Grace in Antwerp (1866)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Landscape
The Conversation

The Conversation (1884)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Landscape
The Country House of Gustave Coûteaux

The Country House of Gustave Coûteaux (1871)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Landscape
The Mill at Kiel

The Mill at Kiel (1885-1888)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Landscape
Still Life Requisites

Still Life Requisites (1885)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Still Life
Still Life with Jar

Still Life with Jar (1881-1885)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Still Life
Strawberries and Champagne

Strawberries and Champagne (1881-1885)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Still Life
The Dining Room at the Home of the Artist Henri Leys

The Dining Room at the Home of the Artist Henri Leys (1869)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Still Life
The old Inn ‘Het Loodshuis’ in Antwerp

The old Inn ‘Het Loodshuis’ in Antwerp (1877)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Still Life
The Teniersplaats in Antwerp

The Teniersplaats in Antwerp (1876)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Figurative
A Night Market

A Night Market

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Figurative
Betsy De Braekeleer, the Painter’s Sister

Betsy De Braekeleer, the Painter’s Sister (1863)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Figurative
Grandmother’s Feast

Grandmother’s Feast (1873)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Figurative
Grandmother’s Feast

Grandmother’s Feast

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Figurative
Gustave Coûteaux

Gustave Coûteaux (1871)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Hélène De Braekeleer, the Painter’s Sister

Hélène De Braekeleer, the Painter’s Sister (1865-1870)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Figurative
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