Charles Van Beveren

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Charles van Beveren (1809 –50), was a Belgian artist, who spent much of his life in Amsterdam.

Life

He was born at Mechlin in 1809, and studied art at the academy of his native city and at Antwerp. He settled in Amsterdam in 1830, subsequently visiting Paris, Rome, and other cities of Italy, and distinguished himself as a painter of history, genre, and portraits. He died at Amsterdam in 1850.^[1]

Works

Portrait of the sculptor Louis Royer, 1830
Carolina Frederic Kerst, wife of Louis Royer, pendant

His best known of his works are:^[1]

Louis Royer and his wife, pendant marriage portraits now in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
The Confession of a Sick Girl (in the Pinakothek at Munich).
Male Figure. A study (in the Rotterdam Museum).
The Vision of St. Ignatius.
The Death of St. Anthony of Padua (in the church of Moses and Aaron at Amsterdam, his chef-d'oeuvre).

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Bryan,1886-9

Sources

This article incorporates text from the article "BEVEREN, Charles Van" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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Persondata
Name	Beveren, Charles Van
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch painter
Date of birth	1809
Place of birth	Mechelin
Date of death	1850
Place of death	Amsterdam

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