Évariste Carpentier (Belgian, 1845-1922), ‘A Rural Farmstead...

Hammer

£300

Évariste Carpentier (Belgian, 1845-1922), ‘A Rural Farmstead’ oil on board farmyard scene featuring chickens and ducks, a rural cottage with a smoking chimney. Signed lower right. Framed in gilt frame. Carpentier was a Belgian painter of genre scenes and animated landscapes. Admitted to the Royal Academy of Art in Antwerp, Carpentier’s career saw him divulge from an academic approach to impressionism. Carpentier established himself in Antwerp and acquired his own studio. It is there that he painted many commissioned works, which did not yet reflect his artistic personality. He began his career addressing religious topics, themes of antiquity and scenes inspired by the Dutch Golden Age painting of the 17th century. He later moved into his first studio with his painter friend Jan van Beers. In the 1880s they worked together for some time in Paris, Normandy and St. Malo in Brittany. Carpentier became a professor at the Académie Royal des Beaux-Arts in Liège in 1896, where he served as director from 1902 to 1908. Throughout his career, he won many prizes and awards at international exhibitions, both in Europe and in the United States. The work of Carpentier was largely forgotten after his death in 1922, but was rediscovered towards the latter stage of the 20th Century. His work is now viewed as an essential link in the development of modern Belgian painting. This work comes with a receipt of purchase from J. Collins & Son (2012). 29.5cm x 22cm.