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Petrus van Schendel - Still Life With Courgettes

Still Life With Courgettes

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
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Petrus van Schendel

Petrus Van Schendel was a Dutch-Belgian genre painter in the Romantic style who specialized in nighttime scenes, lit by lamps or candles. This led to him being known as "Monsieur Chandelle".

On the advice of a family friend, who was a retired army officer, his father sent him to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. He studied there from 1822 to 1828 with the history painter Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, and received a gold medal for "Perspective" upon graduating.

He made a name as a portrait painter and moved frequently, living in Breda (1828-29), Amsterdam (1830-32), Rotterdam (1832-38), and The Hague (1838-45). He was a regular participant in the Exhibition of Living Masters and the various "Triennial Salons" of Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent. In 1834, he was named a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam.

In 1845, he settled permanently in Brussels. His studio there was divided into a well-lighted space where he actually painted, and a darkened space where his models posed. He won several medals at expositions in Paris and London during the late 1840s. Some of his works were bought by King Leopold I. He also published course books on perspective and facial expression.

He painted Biblical scenes and landscapes, lit by the moon, as well as his genre works and traditional portraits. Many of his paintings were also done as ink wash drawings and made into woodcuts. In 1869, he created a few experimental paintings lit by electric arc lamps.

In addition to his art, he was interested in the mechanics of steam engines and, in 1841, patented a device for improving the blades on steamships. He also devised suggestions for improving the lateral stability of railroad cars and reclaiming the moorlands in De Kempen.

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Nächtlicher Jahrmarkt

Nächtlicher Jahrmarkt

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
At the fair

At the fair (1834)

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A Summer Evening by Lamp and by Moonlight

A Summer Evening by Lamp and by Moonlight

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A market at dusk

A market at dusk

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The Noordermarkt By Night, Amsterdam

The Noordermarkt By Night, Amsterdam (1840)

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Dutch market by moonlight

Dutch market by moonlight (1853)

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
Fish Market at the Sint-Jacobskerk

Fish Market at the Sint-Jacobskerk (1866)

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Charity in the night market

Charity in the night market

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Portrait of Adriana Johanna van Wijck, Wife of Johannes Ploos van Amstel

Portrait of Adriana Johanna van Wijck, Wife of Johannes Ploos van Amstel (1829)

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
The night stall

The night stall (1859)

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
A moonlit vegetable market on de Grote Markt, The Hague

A moonlit vegetable market on de Grote Markt, The Hague

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
A Vegetable Seller At The Groenmarkt, The Hague

A Vegetable Seller At The Groenmarkt, The Hague

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
Moonlit Market In The Hague

Moonlit Market In The Hague

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
The game seller

The game seller (1863)

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
A River Landscape In Silver Moonlight

A River Landscape In Silver Moonlight (1846)

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
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