Karel Boom, also known as Charles Boom (3 April 1858,

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– 13 February 1939,

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) was a Belgian

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painter,

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and art teacher.

Life and work

He attended the

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, where he studied with Edward Dujardin,

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and Charles Verlat. After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance genre and portrait painter in Antwerp, and assisted Verlat with his battle paintings of the

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, in

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and Russia. He also performed decorative work at the Town Halls in Antwerp and Hoogstraten. From 1885 to 1924, he held the post of Professor at the Royal Academy. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross in the

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Sources

* Heinrich Hammer: "Boom, Karel". In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker (Eds.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''. Vol.4: Bida–Brevoort. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, pg. 331
Online
* ''Boom, Charles'' in: Dictionnaire des peintres belge
(Digitalisat)

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