Charles Augustin Wauters (23 April 1808,

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– 4 November 1869,

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

) was a Belgian painter. He was born in Boom, Antwerp, on 21 April 1808 or 23 April 1811. According to Marc Eemans he was born in 1809. Wauters painted both

genre scenes Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, ...

and religious subjects. He was also an engraver. He studied at the academies of Mechelen (where he later became director) and Antwerp, and also under

Philippe-Jacques van Bree Philippe-Jacques van Bree, was a Belgian painter and scholar of his brother Mattheus, was born at Antwerp in 1786. He studied at Antwerp, in Paris (where he became a scholar of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson), and at Rome; and also visited Germany a ...

. A monument in his honour was unveiled at the St. Andrew's Church in Antwerp. He died in Mechelen on 4 November 1869.

Gallery

File:LNE BCMU LDBCM INV 80-001.jpg, ''Franciscan Monk in Contemplation of the Bible'', oil on canvas, 1852 File:Charles Augustin Wauters - Girl in an Italian dress.jpg, ''Girl in an Italian dress'', oil on panel File:Charles Augustin Wauters - Le passage secret.jpg, ''The secret passage'', oil on canvas

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1808 births 1869 deaths 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists Artists from Antwerp People from Boom, Belgium {{Belgium-painter-stub