Clémence Michel Explained

Clémence Michel
Birth Date:17 November 1849
Birth Place:Charleroi
Death Date:16 October 1925
Death Place:Jette
Field:Painting

Clémence Michel (Charleroi, 17 November 1849 - Jette, 16 October 1925) was a Belgian artist.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] She worked in Brussels, especially in Schaerbeek, where she had a studio at rue des Ailes no. 58.[6] [7]

Personal life

Clémence Michel was married to symbolist painter Antoine Lacroix (Waver, 1845 - Schaerbeek, 1896).[8] She was also his student.

Work

Clémence Michel is known for her painted seascapes, landscapes, farms and interiors.[9] [10] Her works are characterised by their (monochrome) use of colour, their free and vague style and their clever composition. She excels in portraying the turmoil of the sea using thick and vibrant brushstrokes.[11] Clémence Michel also made several paintings of the Kattendijkdok in the port of Antwerp.

Her oeuvre includes the following paintings:

Artists' associations

Clémence Michel was active in several artists' associations: she was a member of L'Essor and a founding member of Pour l'Art.[25]

Exhibitions

For thirty years, Clémence Michel has regularly exhibited at Pour l'Art. She has participated in, among others, Pour l'Art. XVIe Exposition Annuelle in 1908,[26] Exposition Générale des Beaux-Arts / Salon Triennale in 1914[27] and the twenty-fifth salon Pour l'Art in 1923. Her painting Kattendijkdok in Antwerpen was on display in, among others, the exhibition De Schelde in de schilderkunst van midden 19de tot midden 20ste eeuw (Stedelijk Museum Sint-Niklaas, 1986).[28]

Collections

The paintings La Traite, Femme mangeant dans la salon à manger du Musée Speekaert (1916) and Homme lisant dans le salon du Musée Speekaert (1916) are owned by the Brussels municipality of Sint-Gillis. Bassin de Kattendijck à Anvers, Ancienne église Saint-Servais (1905) and Ancien château vert are owned by the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek. They came into the possession of the municipality of Schaerbeek because Clémence Michel sold them after the First World War due to a dire need of money. The painting Ancien château vert was purchased for both its aesthetic and documentary value: the painting depicts a disappeared corner of Schaerbeek. The municipality of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek also owns a painting by Clémence Michel: Bois de sapins. It is located in the MoMuse museum. The seven works of the municipality of Saint-Gilles and the municipality of Schaerbeek are included in the Inventory of the Movable Heritage of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Kattendijkdok in Antwerpen is in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.[29] Another work, Havenzicht, is part of the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen and Baron Caroly, which was merged into the City Museum Lier in 2014. En La Route, is in the Museum of Ixelles.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clémence Michel . 2024-03-08.
  2. Book: Dictionnaire des peintres . 1950 . Maison Larcier . 347.
  3. Web site: Dictionnaire des peintres belges . 2024-03-08.
  4. Book: Pas . Wim . Pas . Greet. Dessert-Corvol . Andrée . Arto: dictionnaire biographique, arts plastiques en Belgique: peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, 1800-2002 . Gulden Roos . 2002 . 978-90-76138-03-9.
  5. Web site: LACROIX-MICHEL du FAING d’AIGREMONT Clémence . 2024-03-10.
  6. Web site: Homme lisant dans le salon du Musée Speekaert . 2024-03-09.
  7. Web site: Bassin de Kattendijck à Anvers . 2024-03-09.
  8. Web site: Homme lisant dans le salon du Musée Speekaert . 2024-03-09.
  9. Book: Dictionnaire des peintres . 1950 . Maison Larcier . 347.
  10. Web site: Bassin de Kattendijck à Anvers . 2024-03-09.
  11. Web site: Ancien château vert . 2024-03-09.
  12. Book: Dictionnaire des peintres . 1950 . Maison Larcier . 347.
  13. Web site: Kattendijkdok in Antwerpen . 2024-03-08.
  14. Book: De Bruyn, Jean-Pierre . De Schelde in de schilderkunst van midden 19de tot midden 20ste eeuw: van 2 maart tot 11 mei 1986, Stedelijk Museum Sint-Niklaas . 1986 . Stedelijk Museum Sint-Niklaas en Internationaal Exlibriscentrum.
  15. Web site: Kattendijkdok te Antwerpen . 2024-03-09.
  16. Web site: La Traite . 2023-03-09.
  17. Web site: La Traite . 2024-03-09.
  18. Web site: Femme mangeant dans la salle à manger du Musée Speekaert . 2024-03-09.
  19. Web site: Havenzicht . 2024-03-09.
  20. Web site: Ancienne église Saint-Servais . 2024-03-09.
  21. Web site: Ancienne église Saint-Servais à Schaerbeek . 2024-03-09.
  22. Web site: Clémence Lacroix, Bois de sapins, huile sur panneau, s.d. . 2024-03-10.
  23. Web site: Clemence Cardine Lacroix . 2024-03-08.
  24. Web site: 2024-03-08 . Lot 123: Clémence LACROIX (1849-1925)., Vue de ferme., Huile sur panneau., Dimensions : 22 x 15 cm. .
  25. Book: Dictionnaire des peintres . 1950 . Maison Larcier . 347.
  26. Web site: Pour l'Art. XVIe Exposition Annuelle . 2024-03-08.
  27. Web site: Exposition Générale des Beaux-Arts / Salon Triennale . 2024-03-08.
  28. Book: De Bruyn, Jean-Pierre . De Schelde in de schilderkunst van midden 19de tot midden 20ste eeuw: van 2 maart tot 11 mei 1986, Stedelijk Museum Sint-Niklaas . 1986 . Stedelijk Museum Sint-Niklaas en Internationaal Exlibriscentrum.
  29. Book: Dictionnaire des peintres . 1950 . Maison Larcier . 347.

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