Charles Augustin Wauters | |
Birth Name: | Charles Augustin Wauters |
Birth Date: | 23 April 1808 |
Birth Place: | Boom, First French Empire |
Death Place: | Mechelen, Belgium |
Occupation: | Painter |
Education: | Academy of Mechelen Academy of Antwerp |
Charles Augustin Wauters (23 April 1808, Boom – 4 November 1869, Mechelen) was a Belgian painter and engraver.
He was born in Boom, Antwerp, on 21 April 1808 or 23 April 1811.[1] [2] According to he was born in 1809.[2] Wauters painted both genre scenes and religious subjects.[1] He was also an engraver.[1] He studied at the academies of Mechelen (where he later became director) and Antwerp, and also under Philippe-Jacques van Bree.[1] A monument in his honour was unveiled at the St. Andrew's Church in Antwerp.[1] He died in Mechelen on 4 November 1869.[3]