Henri Van Assche
Henri Van Assche (1774–1841) was a Belgian painter.
Van Assche was born in Brussels, and showed from his earliest years a predilection for painting, and received from his father, who was a distinguished amateur artist, the first principles of design and perspective. He was afterwards placed with Deroy of Brussels, from whom he received further instructions in painting. Journeys in Switzerland and Italy contributed to develop his talent as a landscape painter. His great partiality for representing waterfalls, mountain streams, and mills gained for him the name of 'The Painter of Waterfalls.' Several pictures by him may be seen in public and private collections of Brussels, Ghent, Lille, and Haarlem, some of which are enriched with figures and animals by Balthasar Paul Ommeganck. He died in Brussels in 1841.
His niece Isabelle Catherine van Assche, was a pupil. Her sister, Amélie van Assche, was a miniaturist.[1]
References
- This article incorporates text from the article "ASSCHE, Henri van" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.
- ↑ Sparrow, Walter Shaw (1905). Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 255.
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