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Belgian painter (1799–1869) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Picqué (20 June 1799 – 21 March 1869), also called Charles-Louis Picqué,[1] was a Belgian painter, lithographer and engraver known for his neo-classical and romantic works. He was distinguished in several fields: portraiture, landscape, still-life, sacred art and history painting.[2][3]
Charles Louis Picqué, born in Deinze in 1799, was the son of a master tailor, Philippe Picqué, and of Marie-Josine Cras. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent as a student of Joseph Paelinck.[1] In 1823, he won first prize from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and exhibited the same year at the Ghent Salon.[4]
In 1824, he presented two works at the Brussels Triennial Salon and received first prize for Le vieux Tobie, aveugle, bénissant son fils ('Old, Blind Tobias Blessing his Son'). In August 1826, he received the grand prize for painting at the Ghent salon for his Hébé et l'Aigle de Jupiter ('Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter').[5]
In 1827, he obtained a scholarship to go to Rome and train there for three years. In 1830, he also went to Naples before returning to Belgium. He also made numerous trips to Great Britain.
He is also known for having created a painting representing a group portrait of the members of the Belgian provisional government of 1830.[6]
Around 1845, he gave up history painting for portraiture and thereafter signed his works "Carlo Picqué".[1] He died at the age of 69, on 21 March 1869, at his home on the rue de l'Étuve in Brussels.[lower-alpha 1]
On 27 June 1833,[lower-alpha 2] Charles Picqué married Marie Jeanne Françoise Catherine Lubin (1807–1861) in Brussels. Two children were born from this union: Camille Joseph (1834–1909) and Virginie Hélène (1836–1917).
Charles Picqué remained faithful to neoclassicism when he stayed in Rome, but he later took liberties in the application of neoclassical precepts. The Flemish sense of colour in some of his work evokes Baroque painters such as Rubens and van Dyck. In addition to religious subjects, Picqué also painted folkloric scenes during his training in Rome.[7]
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