Rue des Fontenelles has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The artists attention to detail in this work is superb, the dress and the rug covering the table in particular. There is also a magnificent red vase in the background. The painting has been relined and cleaned. It dates from the late 19th century.
Van Dyck trained at the academies of Brussels (1877-1884) and Antwerp, he worked in Brussels before becoming a teacher at the Academy of his hometown in 1913. He was generally a painter of historical and religious subjects and portraits. After training at the academies of Brussels (1877-1884) and Antwerp, he worked in Brussels before becoming a teacher at the Academy of his hometown in 1913. Painter of historical and religious subjects and portraits.
Victor Van Dyck began working as a decorative painter in the 1880s. He was responsible for the interior decoration of commercial establishments and private homes in Brussels. Among other things, in 1902, with Adolphe Crespin, he created the decor for the Solvay Library, wall decorations in the Max Hallet hotel built by Victor Horta and two painted canvases dated 1907. As he acquired expertise in ceiling decoration when he was invited to work in London and Blackpool to create theatre ceiling decorations.
He received the third Belgian Rome Prize in painting in 1889 and is listed in the Piron dictionary.
Dimensions - 89 x 70 x 5 cms
Rue des Fontenelles has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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