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Henri de Braekeleer - The Catechism Lesson

The Catechism Lesson

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

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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Man at the Window

Man at the Window (1876)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Interior

Interior (1865-1870)

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

The Winedrinker

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

Interior of a Church (1871)

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

The Carillon (1874)

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

The Teniersplaats in Antwerp (1876)

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

Man at the Window

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

Workshop of the Painter (1873)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
Garden of a Florist

Garden of a Florist (1864)

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

The Smoker

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

The Chapel of Grace in Antwerp (1866)

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

The Art Lover (1884)

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

The Conversation (1884)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
The Man With the Exotic Birds

The Man With the Exotic Birds

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
The Indian Scarf

The Indian Scarf

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888)
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