Karel Boom
Karel Boom, also known as Charles Boom (3 April 1858, Hoogstraten – 13 February 1939, Antwerp) was a Belgian genre painter, watercolorist and art teacher.
Life and work
He attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp), where he studied with Edward Dujardin, Lucas Victor Schaefels and Charles Verlat.
After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance genre and portrait painter in Antwerp, and assisted Verlat with his battle paintings of the Coalition Wars, in Waterloo and Russia. He also performed decorative work at the Town Halls in Antwerp and Hoogstraten.
From 1885 to 1924, he held the post of Professor at the Royal Academy.
He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross in the Order of Leopold.
Sources
- Heinrich Hammer: "Boom, Karel". In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker (Eds.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Vol.4: Bida–Brevoort. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, pg. 331 (Online)
- Boom, Charles in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (Digitalisat)
External links
Media related to Charles Boom at Wikimedia Commons- More works by Boom @ ArtNet
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