Victor Eeckhout
Victor Eeckhout | |
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Born | 1821 Antwerp |
Died | 1879 Tangiers, Morocco |
Nationality | Belgian |
Education | Jacob Joseph Eeckhout (father) |
Known for | Painter |
Movement | Orientalist |
Victor Eeckhout (1821–1879) was a Belgian painter, noted for his genre works and paintings with Orientalist subject matter.
Life and career[]
The son of painter, Jacob Joseph Eeckhout, Victor was born at Antwerp in 1821. He received his early art education from his father.
He travelled to the East, a major source of inspiration for many of his artworks. He was enamoured of Morocco and found it much more interesting and with more characters than Algiers. In Morocco, he met up with the artist, Jean Portaels and the pair spent time drinking mint tea and discussing art. [1]
He died in 1879 in Tangiers.
Work[]
Select List of Paintings
Gallery
The Musicians of Tangiers, 1856-1879
Wedding Procession in Fez, 1856-1879
Dancers in the Courtyard, 1874
Conversation at Tangiers
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See also[]
References[]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Eeckhout, Victor". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. page 457
- 1821 births
- 1879 deaths
- Belgian genre painters
- Artists from Antwerp
- Orientalist painters
- 19th-century Belgian painters
- Belgian painter stubs