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Theodoor Verstraete
Theodoor Verstraete, also spelled Theodor Verstraete and Théodore Verstraete (5 January 1850 – 8 January 1907) was a Belgian Realist painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes depicting life in the countryside as well as his paintings of the Belgian coastal landscape.Theodoor Verstraete at the Paul Lambotte, 'Théodore Verstraete' at the |
Theodoor Verstraete (1850-1907) - De Stronken - Museum Voor Schone Kunsten (Doornik) 23-12-2010 15-08-04
Theodoor Verstraete, also spelled Theodor Verstraete and Théodore Verstraete (5 January 1850 – 8 January 1907) was a Belgian Realism (arts), Realist painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes depicting life in the countryside as well as his paintings of the Belgian coastal landscape.Theodoor Verstraete at the Netherlands Institute for Art HistoryPaul Lambotte, 'Théodore Verstraete' at the Biographie Nationale de Belgique, Volume 26, p. 695 He has been called the 'poet of rural life' who depicted the humble life of the people in the countryside with empathy. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campine
The Campine () or Kempen () is a natural region situated chiefly in north-eastern Belgium and parts of the south-eastern Netherlands which once consisted mainly of extensive moors, tracts of sandy heath, and wetlands. It encompasses a large northern and eastern portion of Antwerp Province and adjacent parts of Limburg in Belgium, as well as portions of the Dutch province of North Brabant (area southwest of Eindhoven) and Dutch Limburg around Weert. The Medieval Latin name ''Campania'', firstly attested in the mid-11th century by a monk of Saint-Trond named Stepelinus, stems from the root ''kamp-'' ('field') attached to the suffix ''-injo'', denoting the uncultivated or the virgin fields. The inhabitants of the Campine region are known as ''Kempenaars''. Culture The region, described as ''a desolate flat land'', often appears in the books of the prominent Flemish writer Hendrik Conscience (1812–1883), who spent much of his childhood there. Another author who has writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodoor Verstraete - The Hauler
Theodoor () is a masculine given name. It is the Dutch form of Theodore. Short forms of Theodoor are Theo, Dorus, Dirck, and Dirk. The latter two are derived from the Germanic name Theodoric (via Diederik) rather than from the Greek/Latin Theodorus. People with the name include: *Theodoor Aenvanck (1633–1690), Flemish painter *Theodoor Boeyermans (1620–1678), Flemish painter *Theodoor Jacobus Boks (1893–1961), Dutch mathematician * Theodoor de Booy (1882–1919), Dutch-born American archaeologist *Theodoor van Cloon (1684–1735), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies * Theodoor Christiaan Adriaan Colenbrander (1841–1930), Dutch architect, ceramist and designer * Theodoor Doyer (1955–2010), Dutch field hockey player * Theodoor Galle (1571–1633), Flemish engraver * Theodoor Gilissen (1858–1918), Dutch banker *Theodoor Helmbreker (1633–1696), Dutch painter of Italianate landscapes * (1802–1861), Dutch Protestant theologian and philologist *Theodoor Gerard van Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Linnig The Younger
Willem Linnig the Younger (20 August 1842, in Antwerp – 3 September 1890, in Antwerp)Willem Linnig (II) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History was a Belgians, Belgian painter and engraver who is best known for his history and genre scenes, landscapes and still lifes. He taught for some time at the Fine Arts School of Weimar.''Willem Linnig Senior'' at Schoonselhof N. Hostyn, "LINNIG, Egide, marineschilder en scheepsportrettist", in ''Nationaal biografisch woordenboek'', (1970), IX 481-486 Life Willem Linnig (known as "The Younger") was born in Antwerp as the son of Willem Linnig the Elder. There were a number of artis ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stroke
Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to stop functioning properly. Signs and symptoms of stroke may include an hemiplegia, inability to move or feel on one side of the body, receptive aphasia, problems understanding or expressive aphasia, speaking, dizziness, or homonymous hemianopsia, loss of vision to one side. Signs and symptoms often appear soon after the stroke has occurred. If symptoms last less than 24 hours, the stroke is a transient ischemic attack (TIA), also called a mini-stroke. subarachnoid hemorrhage, Hemorrhagic stroke may also be associated with a thunderclap headache, severe headache. The symptoms of stroke can be permanent. Long-term complications may include pneumonia and Urinary incontinence, loss of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeeland
Zeeland (; ), historically known in English by the Endonym and exonym, exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North Brabant to the east, South Holland to the north, as well as the country of Belgium to the south and west. It consists of a number of islands and peninsulas (hence its name, meaning "Sealand") and a strip bordering the Flanders, Flemish provinces of East Flanders, East and West Flanders. Its capital is Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg with a population of 48,544 as of November 2019, although the largest municipality in Zeeland is Terneuzen (population 54,589). Zeeland has two Port, seaports: Vlissingen and Terneuzen. Its area is , of which is water; it had a population of about 391,000 as of January 2023. Large parts of Zeeland are below sea level. The North Sea flood of 1953, last great flooding of the area was in 1953. Tourism is an important economic activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utrecht
Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The municipality of Utrecht is located in the eastern part of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands, and includes Haarzuilens, Vleuten and De Meern. It has a population of 376,435 as of . Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the 8th century. In 1579, the Union of Utrecht was signed in the city to lay the foundations for the Dutch Republic. Utrecht was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city. Utrecht is home to Utrecht University, the largest university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiden
Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046 (31 January 2023), but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 inhabitants. The Statistics Netherlands, Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 282,207 and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 365,913 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland), Oude Rijn, at a distance of some from The Hague to its south and some from Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansweert
Hansweert is a village in the southwest Netherlands. It is located on the Zuid-Beveland peninsula, in the municipality of Reimerswaal, Zeeland.ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. History The first mention of what later is called Hansweert is made in 1353. Variants of the name include Hannekinswaerde, Hannekijnswaard, and Hanzwartz; the last of those is probably the source for the modern variant Answest. For a long time Hansweert was a small, agrarian community; it was notable only for the Hansweert-Walsoorden ferry, which dates from the 16th century and connects Hansweert in Zuid-Beveland to Walsoorden in Zeelandic Flanders. In 1866, however, when the Canal through Zuid-Beveland opened up, the village flourished; the canal ran right through the middle of the village (dividing it into eastern and western parts) where sluices were located, bringing commercial traffic with it. Hansweert in those days knew a disproportionately large number of ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodoor Verstraete - High Tide
Theodoor () is a masculine given name. It is the Dutch form of Theodore. Short forms of Theodoor are Theo, Dorus, Dirck, and Dirk. The latter two are derived from the Germanic name Theodoric (via Diederik) rather than from the Greek/Latin Theodorus. People with the name include: *Theodoor Aenvanck (1633–1690), Flemish painter *Theodoor Boeyermans (1620–1678), Flemish painter *Theodoor Jacobus Boks (1893–1961), Dutch mathematician * Theodoor de Booy (1882–1919), Dutch-born American archaeologist *Theodoor van Cloon (1684–1735), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies * Theodoor Christiaan Adriaan Colenbrander (1841–1930), Dutch architect, ceramist and designer * Theodoor Doyer (1955–2010), Dutch field hockey player * Theodoor Galle (1571–1633), Flemish engraver * Theodoor Gilissen (1858–1918), Dutch banker *Theodoor Helmbreker (1633–1696), Dutch painter of Italianate landscapes * (1802–1861), Dutch Protestant theologian and philologist *Theodoor Gerard van Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Joors
Eugène Joors (20 February 1850, Borgerhout - 23 October 1910, Berchem), was a Belgian painter in the realistic style. Life and work He studied from 1865 to 1870 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, where his teacher were Polydore Beaufaux, Nicaise de Keyser and Jozef Van Lerius. In 1886, he became a teacher of still-life painting, in cooperation with his friend Frans Mortelmans. Among his pupils was the German painter Helene Cramer. at (RKD) He executed both the traditional, carefully arranged still lifes and the more natural-appearing floral variety as well as a great variety of landscapes, portraits and |
Frans Van Kuyck
Frans Pieter Lodewijk van Kuyck (9 June 1852, Antwerp - 31 May 1915, Antwerp) was a Belgian painter and graphic artist. He is also known for helping to establish Mother's Day in Belgium. Life and career He came from a family of artists. His father was the painter, Louis Van Kuyck. His grandfather was also a painter, and his son was the architect, Walter Van Kuyck (1876–1934). He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and his first well-known work was the official poster for the Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885). Later, as a teacher at the academy, he became involved in the cultural and political life of Antwerp. In 1888, he became a provincieraadslid (county councilor) and, from 1891, served as an Alderman of Fine Arts on the Antwerp City Council. He also sat on the boards of several museums, including what is now the Plantin-Moretus Museum, and was chairman of the "Koninklijk Kunstverbond Antwerpen" (Cercle Royal Artistique). During his time in office, the Vlaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
