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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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Interior of a Church

Interior of a Church (1871)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Interior of the Terninck Institution in Antwerp

Interior of the Terninck Institution in Antwerp (1884)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Interior

Interior (1865-1870)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Kitchen

Kitchen (1865-1870)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Man at the Window

Man at the Window (1876)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Art Lover

The Art Lover (1884)

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

The Tinker (1861)

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

The Geographer

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Man in the Chair

The Man in the Chair (1876)

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

The Meal (1885)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Meal or Woman Seen from the Back

The Meal or Woman Seen from the Back (1881-1885)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Plate Printer

The Plate Printer (1875)

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

The Retoucher (1876)

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

The Smoker

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

The Spinner (1865-1870)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Studio of Ferdinand De Braekeleer I, Father of the Painter

The Studio of Ferdinand De Braekeleer I, Father of the Painter (1873-1885)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Plate Printer

The Plate Printer

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Drawings
Emile Antoine Vauthier as Child

Emile Antoine Vauthier as Child (1871)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Interior of a Church

Interior of a Church

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Workshop of the Painter

Workshop of the Painter (1873)

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

The Teniersplaats in Antwerp

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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The Stairs of the Waterhouse in Antwerp

The Stairs of the Waterhouse in Antwerp

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

The Seamstress

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Drawings
The Retoucher

The Retoucher (1878)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Drawings
The Retoucher

The Retoucher

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Drawings
The Dining Room in the House of the Artist Henri Leys

The Dining Room in the House of the Artist Henri Leys (1869)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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Man at the Window

Man at the Window (1873)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Drawings
Potato Harvest

Potato Harvest

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Drawings
Seated Woman at the Window

Seated Woman at the Window

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Drawings
The Carillon

The Carillon (1874)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Drawings
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