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Lucas Victor Schaefels or Lucas Schaefels (
in: Benezit Dictionary of ArtistsLucas Victor Schaefels
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Lucas Victor Schaefels began as a student of the Antwerp Academy and later became himself a professor of ornamental design at the Academy, replacing his father in that position.
Lucas Victor Schaefels' decorative style and strong sense of design earned him a commission to paint the chapels in a few churches in Antwerp. He acted as the unofficial town festival designer by designing and organising the public decorations for the many special occasions that took place in Antwerp, which at the time was a center of flower growing, competitions, and shows, as well as of art competitions and exhibitions.Lucas Victor Schaefels
at Safran art
Lucas Victor Schaefels taught many of the next generation of still life painters in Antwerp, including Emile Mahieu (1861-1955), Frans Mortelmans (1865-1936),
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
, 5 April 1824 – Antwerp, 17 September 1885) was a Belgian painter, draughtsman and engraver known for his still lifes, which for the most part were flower and hunting pieces. He worked in a meticulous style reminiscent of the 17th century Flemish Baroque.SCHAEFELS, Lucas (1824 - 1885), Painter, engraverin: Benezit Dictionary of ArtistsLucas Victor Schaefels
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life
Lucas Victor Schaefels trained with his father Hendrik Raphael Schaefels, a decorative painter working in a Neo-Classical style and a teacher of decorative design at the Antwerp Academy. His younger brother Hendrik Frans “Rik” Schaefels (1827-1904) became a successful painter and draughtsman who specialized in naval battles, seascapes and Antwerp genre scenes. Claire Baisier, '17th and 18th Century Drawings: The Van Herck Collection', King Baudoin Foundation, 2000, p. 292-294
Lucas Victor Schaefels began as a student of the Antwerp Academy and later became himself a professor of ornamental design at the Academy, replacing his father in that position.
Lucas Victor Schaefels' decorative style and strong sense of design earned him a commission to paint the chapels in a few churches in Antwerp. He acted as the unofficial town festival designer by designing and organising the public decorations for the many special occasions that took place in Antwerp, which at the time was a center of flower growing, competitions, and shows, as well as of art competitions and exhibitions.Lucas Victor Schaefelsat Safran art
Lucas Victor Schaefels taught many of the next generation of still life painters in Antwerp, including Emile Mahieu (1861-1955), Frans Mortelmans (1865-1936), Joseph Van de Roye
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the m ...
(1861-1941) and .
Work
Lucas Victor Schaefels was the foremost floral and still life painter of his generation in Antwerp. His style goes back to theFlemish Baroque
Flemish Baroque painting refers to the art produced in the Southern Netherlands during Spanish control in the 16th and 17th centuries. The period roughly begins when the Dutch Republic was split from the Habsburg Spain regions to the south with ...
still life paintings of the 17th century and appears not to have been influenced by contemporary art movements. His works feature elaborate and opulent interiors with a wealth of game, produce and flowers arranged in a traditional pyramid-shaped composition.
He also produced engravings for frontispieces.
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{{ACArt Belgian still life painters Belgian printmakers Painters from Antwerp 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists 1824 births 1885 deaths