Hendrik Adolf Schaep
Henri Adolphe Schaep or Hendrik Adolf Schaep (3 January 1826, in Mechelen – 6 June 1870, in Antwerp) was a Belgians, Belgian painter, draughtsman and military officer. He is best known for his marine art, marines but also painted landscapes. Schaep was an important representative of the Romanticism, Romantic-Realism (art movement), Realist movement in Belgian marine painting.N. Hostyn, "SCHAEP, Henri Adolphe, marineschilder en militair", in ''Nationaal biografisch woordenboek'', (1970), X 581-583 Life Henri Adolphe Schaep was born in Mechelen as the son of Franciscus, a baker, and Maria-Theresia Wauters. The family moved to Antwerp in 1828. Henri Adolphe commenced his artistic studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp), Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts in 1838. His studies overlapped with those of Egide Linnig, another future marine painter who had commenced his studies at the Academy in 1834. Schaep did not only study art but simultaneously developed a career as a m ...
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