Baron Jan August Hendrik Leys
(Antwerp 1815–1869)
In an Artist’s Studio, signed, dated HLeys f 1849, oil on panel, 47 x 66 cm, framed, (GS)
Thieme-Becker writes of Jan August Hendrik Leys: “Leys’ work is of great importance for the development of modern Belgian art,….it owes to him its deliverance from academism and the return to the native traditions of painterly Realism…..As Delacroix did for France, so does Leys for Belgium, by rediscovering the long lost secret of colour.”
08.04.2014 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 8,125.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 5,000.- to EUR 8,000.-
Baron Jan August Hendrik Leys
(Antwerp 1815–1869)
In an Artist’s Studio, signed, dated HLeys f 1849, oil on panel, 47 x 66 cm, framed, (GS)
Thieme-Becker writes of Jan August Hendrik Leys: “Leys’ work is of great importance for the development of modern Belgian art,….it owes to him its deliverance from academism and the return to the native traditions of painterly Realism…..As Delacroix did for France, so does Leys for Belgium, by rediscovering the long lost secret of colour.”
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| Auction: | 19th Century Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 08.04.2014 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 29.03. - 08.04.2014 |
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