Zes landschappen met dieren door Théodore Fourmois naar schilderijen van Eugène Verboeckhoven

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collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

In the Romantic era of the 1830s, Belgian artist Théodore Fourmois *Zes landschappen dieren* ("Six Landscapes with Animals"), a series striking lithographs inspired by paintings from fellow countryman Eugène Verbohoven. Verboeckhoven, renowned for his idyllic pastoral scenes featuring livestock and wildlife amid lush countrysides, provided the originals that Fourmois faithfully reproduced. Dated around 1835, this work exemplifies the Belgian School's love for nature, blending meticulous detail with evocative atmospheres that captured the era's fascination with the sublime countryside. Lithogr...

About the Artist

Théodore Fourmois · 1814–1871

Théodore Fourmois (1814–1871) was a pioneering Belgian landscape painter and printmaker who played a crucial role in liberating Belgian art from academic conventions and establishing a distinctly Belgian tradition of plein air landscape painting. Born in Presles in 1814 and dying in Ixelles in 1871, Fourmois bridged the Romantic and Realist movements in Belgian art, combining emotional responsiven...