Elisabeth Wesmael (1861–1953) was a Belgian graphic artist.

Life

Wesmael studied at the Academie van Bergen under

Auguste Danse Auguste Michel Danse (13 July 1829, Brussels – 2 August 1929, Uccle) was a Belgian engraver and etcher. Biography His father, Mathieu-Joseph Danse, was a merchant. While still very young, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels ...

from 1883 till 1884, where she learned to draw and make etchings by copying pictures such as "Sparrenbos in de Kempen" by

Joseph Coosemans Joseph Théodore Coosemans (19 March 1828, Brussels – 24 September 1904, Schaerbeek) was a Belgian landscape painter. Life and work His father, Adriaan, was a merchant, who died when Joseph was only a year old. His mother, Anna, died the foll ...

(1828–1904) and "Het uitgaan van de Vespers" by

Franz Courtens Baron Franciscus Eduardus Maria (Franz) Courtens (1854–1943) was a Belgian painter. He was a leading figure in the Dendermonde School, famous for his paintings of nature and landscapes. An essay on him by Fernand Khnopff was published in '' T ...

(1854–1943), both in the collection of the museum in Brussels. Later she switched to landscapes, mostly of the Ardennes ("De Samber te Thuin", "Thuin. La ville basse", "Touët de Beuil", "De Ourthe te Esneux"...). Her etching ''Sunset in the Campine'' after Coosemans, was included in the 1905 book '' Women Painters of the World''.
Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day
', by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905 Her drawings also consist mostly of landscapes : "A corner of Léon Souguenet's garden", "Plateau de l'Ourthe"... Wesmael was a member of the artist societies ''L'Estampe'' and ''Société des Aquafortistes Belges''. She married the writer Maurice des Ombiaux (1868–1943) and was friends with

Louise Danse Louise Danse (1867 – 1948) was a Belgian painter. Life and work She was the daughter of the engraver Auguste Danse who was her first teacher. Her sister Marie Danse was also a painter. Her mother was the sister of the painter Constantin Meunier ...

, her teacher Auguste Danse's daughter, who was also a graphic artist.

Exhibitions

* 1907, Brussel, Salon 1907 * 1910, Brussel, L'Estampe. 4de Salon The Ourthe at Lhoneux, print by Elisabeth Wesmael, s.d., Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium, S.II 113316.jpg , ''L'Ourthe at Lhoneux'' Street in Thuin - Elisabeth Wesmael, print by Elisabeth Wesmael, Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium, S.I 40329.jpg , ''Grue a thuin'' Ooievaars, print by Elisabeth Wesmael, s.d., Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium, S.V 42728.jpg , ''Storks'' De dennenbossen van de Kempen, print by Elisabeth Wesmael, s.d., Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium, S.II 86516.jpg , ''Pinetrees in the Kempen'' Interieur, Brussel Museum, print by Elisabeth Wesmael, 1890, Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium, S.II 88169.jpg, ''Interior, Brussels Museum''

References

Literature

* J. Ensor (ed. X. Tricot), Lettres, Brussel (Labor), 1999. * E. Gubin (e.a.), Dictionnaire des femmes belges XIXe et XXe siècles, Brussel, 2006. 1861 births 1953 deaths Belgian printmakers 19th-century Belgian women artists 20th-century Belgian women artists Belgian graphic designers Belgian women graphic designers Women printmakers {{Belgium-painter-stub