Charles van den Eycken
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| Nationality | Belgian |
| Known for | Painting |
Charles van den Eycken (17 April 1859 – 27 December 1923), sometimes known as Duchêne,[1] was a well-known Belgian painter specializing in pictures of interiors, dogs and cats.
Life
Van den Eycken was born in Antwerp, the son and grandson of painters. He was a pupil of Joseph Stevens. From 1881 he exhibited regularly in the Salons of Brussels, Liège, Ghent and Antwerp, as well as in the Netherlands, Germany and Spain. He painted several pictures for Queen Marie-Henriette of Belgium[2].
His usual signature is- Ch. van den Eycken.
One of his cat paintings (from 1911) is in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Van den Eycken's paintings are very similar to those of Henriëtte Ronner-Knip and Julius Adam.
Notes and references
Bibliography
- Akoun, Jacky-Armand, 2012: La côte des peintres. Editions Babylone
- Bénézit, E., 1999: Dictionnaire critique des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Paris: Gründ
- Berko, P. & V., 1981: Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875
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