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Egide Linnig
Egide Linnig or Egidius Linnig (25 August 1821 – 13 October 1860) was a Belgian painter, draughtsman and engraver who is best known for his marine art and occasional genre scenes. He was one of the first realist engravers in Belgium.N. Hostyn, "LINNIG, Egide, marineschilder en scheepsportrettist", in ''Nationaal biografisch woordenboek'', (1970), IX 481–486 Life Egide Linnig was born in Antwerp as the son of Pieter-Josef Linnig (born in Aschbach, Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany) and Catharina Josephina Leys. His father was a cabinetmaker. He had two older brothers (Jan Theodoor) Jozef Linnig and Willem Linnig the Elder who both became painters and engravers. From 1834 Linnig studied at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts. Linnig was not happy with the emphasis placed on history painting by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, the director of the Academy. Linnig was from the start more attracted to the marine genre and took advantage of van Bree’s death in 1839 to change his t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egidius Linnig - A Shipwreck Of A Rocky Coast
Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was a magister militum in Gaul. Aegidius, Ægidius, or Egidius may also refer to: Pre-modern era :''Chronological order'' * Saint Aegidius or Saint Giles (c. 650–c. 710), hermit saint from Athens * Aegidius Corboliensis or Gilles de Corbeil (c. 1140–first quarter of the 13th century), physician * Egidius Parisiensis (c. 1160–1223/1224), French poet * Egidius Smaragd (fl. c. 1185–1215), Hungarian noble of French origin * Aegidius of Assisi (c. 1190–1262), one of the original companions of saint Francis of Assisi * Egidius Monoszló (c. 1240–1313), Hungarian baron * Aegidius de Lessinia (died c. 1304), scholastic philosopher, pupil of Thomas Aquinas * Aegidius Romanus or Giles of Rome (c. 1243–1316), archbishop of Bourges and philosopher * Egidius de Francia or Egidius de Murino (), sometimes Magister Frater Egidius, French composer and music theorist in Italy * Egidius (Chantilly Codex composer) (c. 1350–1400), sometimes Magister Egidius, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
