Jean-Baptiste De Jonghe
January Baptiste de Jonghe ( Jean- Baptiste de Jonghe, born January 8, 1785 Kortrijk, † October 14, 1844 in Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek ) was a Flemish- Belgian painter and lithographer. In his paintings there are often landscapes with forest scenes with animals. In his graphic work he thematized in addition also Dutch city views. From 1826, he worked as a professor of art at the Academy of Kortrijk, in 1841 at the Academy of Antwerp.
Life
January Baptiste de Jonghe was born on January 8, 1785 in Kortrijk to the world. His training as a painter, he began at the Art Academy in his hometown. In 1805 he transferred to the Art Academy of Antwerp to continue his studies with the neoclassical painter Balthasar -Paul Ommeganck. This encouraged his talent for landscapes. For the painting Paying storm de Jonghe 1812 received the 1st prize for landscape painting of the Société des Beaux -Arts in Ghent. In the following years he exhibited regularly in the art salons both in the Netherlands and in France. It is unclear whether he went to study abroad. It is assumed that stays de Jonghes in France, England, Scotland and Italy. Influenced by the Dutch painting of the 17th century - especially of Jan van Goyen and Jacob van Ruisdael Izaaksoon - he chose mostly Flemish landscape views of his homeland as a motif. Frequently found in his paintings forest scene with wild or domestic animals. The less common in his works representations of humans originate mostly from his fellow painter Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven. 1823-24 he was one of the employees at the published Dewasme in Tournai under the title Collection historique the principales vues des Pays -Bas series of lithographs with Dutch views. This caused some of his architectural drawings.
In 1826 he received the appointment as professor of art at the Academy of Kortrijk. Here he published his textbook on landscape drawing Principes de paysages dessinés d'après nature et sur pierre Executes. Among his pupils Laurent Herman Redig (1822-1861) and Louis de Winter ( 1819-1900 ). From the Belgian King Leopold I in 1840, he received an order for six Ardennes landscapes. In the wake of Ommeganck he worked from 1841 to 1843 as a professor at the Academy in Antwerp. January Baptiste de Jonghe died on 14 October 1844 in Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek. His son Gustave Léonard de Jonghe was also a painter.
Paintings in public collections (selection)
- Paysage, vue prize aux environs de Tournai, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels
- Landscape in the Ardennes - Musée d'Art moderne et d' Art contemporain, Liege
- In the Ardennes - Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp