Charles Hubert Eyck (24 March 1897 – 2 August 1983) was a Dutch visual artist. Together with and

Joep Nicolas Joep Nicolas (Josephus Antonius Hubertus Franciscus Nicolas, October 6, 1897 – July 25, 1972) was a Dutch-born French ecclesiastical artist specializing in stained glass and sculpture. He was also a muralist, book illustrator, cartoonist, costume ...

, he was a pioneer of the so-called .

Life and work

Charles Eyck was born in 1897 in Meerssen. He received his training at the

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. He had previously started as a pottery painter at the ceramics factory Céramique in

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. In 1922 he won the Prix de Rome. After short stays in

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, southern

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, Amsterdam,

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and

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, he settled in Schimmert. Initially, his work was

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in style. He was later criticized for persisting in a more or less consistent religious style. Partly because of these criticisms and his increasing deafness, he lived more and more in seclusion in the house "Ravensbos" in Schimmert, which he designed himself. After the unveiling of the '' Bevrijdingsraam'' in the

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(1947), Eyck was presented with the decoration of a

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in the

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. He returned the award almost twenty years later, because he could not agree with a marriage between

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and the German Claus. Charles Eyck died at the age of 86.

Works

* '' Begraafplaats van Aubel'' (1920), funerary chapel in Meerssen * Fresco (1937) in the refectory of the ''Klooster Mariënhage'' in

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* ''Polytiek'' (1941) in the Onze Lieve Vrouw van Goede Raadkerk in

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* Windows (1945) of the city hall of Uithuizermeeden *

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(1946) in the Sint-Franciscuskerk in

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* '' Bevrijdingsraam'' (1947) in the

* The official investiture painting (1948) of Queen Juliana * Stained glass windows (1948/1950) in the Sint-Catharinakerk in

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* Wall painting (1953) in the officers' mess of the R.K. Zeemanshuis in

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* Tile panel (1954) of Elizabeth of Hungary on the back facade of the former

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* Uniforms (1957) Schuttersgezelschap Sint Sebastiaan Schimmert * Paintings and stained glass windows (1958) for the Jozef Arbeiderkerk in Meerssen * Wall paintings (1962) in the church of

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(

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) * Altar wall and Stations of the Cross in

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* Windows in the Roman Catholic HBS in Heerlen * 24 stained glass windows in the Sint Jozef kerk of

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* Stained glass windows in the Sint Martinuskerk in Venlo * Stations of the Cross in

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, in the Koepelkerk in

and in Schijndel * Stations of the Cross in Sint-Jan de Doperkerk in

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(1940-1943): due to Van Eyck's refusal to join the '' Kultuurkamer'' established by the German occupier, 3 of the 14 stations are not polychromed but still in the original terracotta colour * Stations of the Cross in de Sint-Martinuskerk in Genk * The painting of the vault and the apse in the St. Hubertuskerk in

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(municipality of

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) * Paintings in the ''Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerk'' in

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, assisted by Daan Wildschut and

Ries Mulder Marinus (Ries) Mulder (1 January 1909 in IJsselstein, The Netherlands – 19 December 1973 in IJsselstein) was a Dutch painter, lecturer and writer. His painting style was influenced by Cubism, which he taught during his tenure as a leading lectu ...

* Paintings in the house at the Warandelaan in

* Church painting in the church of the Redemptoristenklooster in

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* Church painting in the Sint-Barbarakerk in Bunnik * Stained glass window in the former Chamber of Commerce of Venlo * Illustrations for ''Karel en Elegast'', by Jef Spuisers * Stained glass windows in the Sint-Gerardus Majellakerk in Nederweert-Eind * Apse of the Sint-Gerardus Majellakerk in Heksenberg-Heerlen * Stained glass window in the former town hall of

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* Wall painting in the H. Andreas en Antoniuskerk in Oostelbeers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eyck, Charles 1897 births 1983 deaths Dutch male painters People from Meerssen