Louis Royer

Louis Royer ( born August 1, 1793 in Mechelen, Austrian Netherlands, † June 5, 1868 ) was a Belgian- Dutch painter and sculptor.

Life

Royer was a son of the surveyor Johan Royer and his wife Barbara Lemaître. His first artistic instruction received Royer at the École des Beaux -Arts (EBA ) in his hometown. He was 1810-1818 pupil of Jean -François van Geel.

In the spring of 1819 he went with his friend and colleague Jean -Baptiste Debay to Paris, where he was for a short time at the local EBA student of Alexandre Cabanel. On October 20, in 1823 over Lyon, Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg, Bern, Lucerne, Como, Milan, Bologna and Florence to Rome. There he soon found connection in the circle of artists around the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.

In April 1826 Royer returned to his homeland. He settled in The Hague and founded a large studio. On 15 June 1831 he married there Carolina Frederica Kerst.

Louis Royer died eight weeks before his 75th birthday on June 5, 1858 in Mechelen and found his final resting place.

Honors

Works (selection)

  • Hebe.
  • Allegory "vie & mort".
  • Nuits des romains.
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