Théodore Fourmois (14 October 1814 in Presles – October 1871 in Ixelles) was a Belgian

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

painter and

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. Théodore Fourmois learned drawing in the lithographic's workshop of Antoine Dewasme-Pletinckx in Brussels. He first exposed his works in this city in 1836. He began painting landscapes of

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and

Campine The Campine ( French ) or De Kempen (Dutch ) 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 encom ...

, several studies and panoramic views while traveling in Dauphiné and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. He took part, in 1855 and 1867, at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Many of his works are exposed in the

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, nl, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They include six museums: the Oldmasters Muse ...

References

* "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875"; P. & V. Berko; Knokke 1981, p. 289-290. *''Fourmois et le paysage romantique''; Paul Fierens; Bruxelles, Publications du Patrimoine des Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Beligique, 1941.

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* 1814 births 1871 deaths 19th-century Belgian painters 19th-century Belgian male artists {{Belgium-painter-stub