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VERBOECKHOVEN, EUGENE JOSEPH (1799-1881)

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VERBOECKHOVEN, See also:EUGENE See also:JOSEPH (1799-1881) , Belgian painter, was See also:born at Warneton in See also:West See also:Flanders, and received instruction in See also:drawing and modelling from his See also:father, the sculptor See also:Barthelemy Verboeckhoven. Subsequently he settled in See also:Brussels and devoted himself almost exclusively to See also:animal subjects. His paintings of See also:sheep, of horses and of See also:cattle in landscape, somewhat after the manner of See also:Potter, brought him universal fame, and were eagerly sought for by collectors. Precise and careful finish is the See also:chief quality of his See also:art, which is entirely See also:objective and lacking in See also:inspiration. Verboeckhoven visited See also:England in 1826, See also:Germany in 1828, and See also:France and See also:Italy in 1841, and died at Brussels in 1881. He was a member of the See also:academies of Brussels, See also:Ghent, See also:Antwerp, St See also:Petersburg and See also:Amsterdam. Examples of his art are to be found in nearly all the important galleries of See also:Europe and the See also:United States, notably in Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, See also:Hamburg, See also:Berlin, See also:Munich, New See also:York, See also:Boston and See also:Washington. His See also:long See also:life and ceaseless See also:industry See also:account for the enormous number of his pictures in public and private collections and in the art See also:market. In addition to his painted See also:work he executed some fifty etched plates of similar subjects.

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