Rik wouters biography
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Rik Wouters
Hendrik Emil Wouters was a Belgian painter, sculptor and draughtsman. Wouters produced 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures in his 34 years before his illness-caused death. he died partway through the First World War on 11 July 1916 in Amsterdam. A sculptor, painter, draughtsman and etcher of typically fauvist style, Wouters' art resembled the works of artists including Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and André Derain- the "forefathers" of Fauvism.
Rike Wouters' art, according to Adams, reflects themes of "warmth and tenderness", his paintings characterised by an array of colours and brush strokes, frequently leaving unpainted canvas to increase this effect. Often depicting his muse, his wife Hélène Philomène Lionardine Duerinckx, Wouters disregarded hidden symbolic inferences within his art in favour of a more "simplistic and genuine" style, distancing himself from mainstream artists. Wouters was educated in fine arts academies in Me
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Rik Wouters
Belgian painter and sculptor
For the Dutch cyclist, see Rik Wouters (cyclist).
Rik Wouters | |
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| Born | Hendrik Emil Wouters 21 August 1882 Mechelen, Belgium |
| Died | 11 July 1916(1916-07-11) (aged 33) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Style | Fauvism |
| Spouse | Hélène Philomène Lionardine Duerinckx |
Hendrik Emil (Rik) Wouters (21 August 1882 – 11 July 1916) was a Belgianpainter, sculptor and draughtsman.[1] Wouters produced 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures in his 34 years before his illness-caused death. he died partway through the First World War on 11 July 1916 in Amsterdam.[2] A sculptor, painter, draughtsman and etcher of typically fauvist style, Wouters' art resembled the works of artists including Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and André Derain- the "forefathers" of Fauvism.[3][4][5]
Rik Wouters' art, according to Adams (2018), reflects themes of "warmth and tenderness", his paintings chara
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Rik Wouters
When he was six years old, his mother died. At the age of twelve, he watched the school and started working as a woodcarver in his father's furniture workshop. He attended local academy and became acquainted with Ernest Wijnants. Together they went to Theo Blickx's studio. Artistically he originally expressed himself as a sculptor, after which he first worked out his ambitions in color and made a name for himself as a painter.
When he turned 17, he went to the Brussels academy. He hardly kept it until he had to become a soldier. He found his sweetheart there: Nel, a young model, born as Hélène Philomène Lionardine Duerinckx. Nel was sixteen years and four years younger than Wouters. It became the great love and they got married on April 15, 1905. Nel will totally master his short life and inspire the artist. She became his muse and his model.
The young couple move into a small house in Watermaal. Sensuous happiness and bitter poverty went hand in hand. The village, t