Florent Joseph Marie Willems

Florent Willems ( born January 8, 1823 in Liege, † October 1905 Paris - Neuilly ) was a painter.

Life

Willems studied at the Academy in Mechelen, but formed mostly by old Dutch masters, especially after Gerard ter Borch, Caspar Netscher, Gabriel Metsu, etc., to a genre painter, of which the main emphasis on the elegance of the painterly representation and the careful reproduction substances, especially the white satin robes, put.

In 1844, he presented at the Paris Salon from the at moonlight and received a third-class medal, a success that contributed to his relocation to Paris. The paintings The rendezvous and the water transport have been awarded in 1846 by a second-class medal. Even later, Willems moved almost exclusively in the so-called costume genre to which he mostly borrowed from the figures the 17th century.

In 1878 he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Legion of Honour.

Works

  • The visit
  • A salesroom
  • The widow
  • The visit of Mary of Medici Rubens
  • The Armourer
  • The toilet
  • The idea of the future
  • The innocence
  • The Brautschmückung ( in the Museum at Brussels )
  • The hand kiss
  • The engagement ring
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