Hippolyte de la Charlerie
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Hippolyte De la Charlerie (1827–1869) was a Belgian painter and illustrator.
De la Charlerie was born in Mons
. He studied art at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
(1843-51) and with Théodore Baron. He was a cofounder of the Atelier Saint-Luc at Brussels, but spent much of his time in Paris, where he established himself as an illustrator for collectors' editions of books. Among his engravings are scenes of the French Revolution
, which he also created for La Révolution Française (1862) by M.J.G.D Armengaud.
He is also noted for a painting of the 17th-century composer and musician Jean-Baptiste Lully
which was well-received at the Salon of Paris in 1869. Lully is shown as a boy of around twelve years old playing his violin in the kitchen of the Duchesse de Montpensier, his patroness.
In 1868, de la Charlerie was one of the founding members of the avant-gardist Société Libre des Beaux-Arts
, but died only a year later in Ixelles, a fashionable suburb of Brussels favored by artists. When some of his smaller canvases were part of a retrospective exhibition of Belgian art in 1905, Octave Maus
writing in L'Art Moderne praised him among unjustly neglected painters whose works evidenced freshness and sincerity, the latter quality being one of the Société's ideals. His portraits have been described as having an "austere simplicity," using dark and chilly tonalities that emphasize the model's immobility.
De la Charlerie was born in Mons
Mons
Mons is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital. The Mons municipality includes the old communes of Cuesmes, Flénu, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy, Obourg, Baudour , Jemappes, Ciply, Harmignies, Harveng, Havré, Maisières, Mesvin, Nouvelles,...
. He studied art at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
The Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels is an art school, founded in 1711.The faculty and alumni of ARBA include some of the most famous names in Belgian painting, sculpture, and architecture: James Ensor, Rene Magritte, and Paul Delvaux...
(1843-51) and with Théodore Baron. He was a cofounder of the Atelier Saint-Luc at Brussels, but spent much of his time in Paris, where he established himself as an illustrator for collectors' editions of books. Among his engravings are scenes of the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, which he also created for La Révolution Française (1862) by M.J.G.D Armengaud.
He is also noted for a painting of the 17th-century composer and musician Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste de Lully was an Italian-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French Baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in...
which was well-received at the Salon of Paris in 1869. Lully is shown as a boy of around twelve years old playing his violin in the kitchen of the Duchesse de Montpensier, his patroness.
In 1868, de la Charlerie was one of the founding members of the avant-gardist Société Libre des Beaux-Arts
Société Libre des Beaux-Arts
The Société Libre des Beaux-Arts was an organization formed in 1868 by Belgian artists to react against academicism and to advance Realist painting and artistic freedom. Based in Brussels, the society was active until 1876, by which time the aesthetic values it espoused had infiltrated the...
, but died only a year later in Ixelles, a fashionable suburb of Brussels favored by artists. When some of his smaller canvases were part of a retrospective exhibition of Belgian art in 1905, Octave Maus
Octave Maus
Octave Maus was a Belgian art critic, writer, and lawyer.Maus worked with fellow writer/lawyer Edmond Picard, and they together with Victor Arnould and Eugène Robert founded the weekly L'Art moderne in 1881....
writing in L'Art Moderne praised him among unjustly neglected painters whose works evidenced freshness and sincerity, the latter quality being one of the Société's ideals. His portraits have been described as having an "austere simplicity," using dark and chilly tonalities that emphasize the model's immobility.