Émile van Marcke, born Charles Émile van Marcke de Lummen (15 August 1827,

Sèvres Sèvres (, ) is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France region. The commune, which had a population of 23,251 as of 2018, is known for ...

– 24 December 1890, Hyeres), was a French cattle painter.Courrier de l'art: Volume 6 Eugène Véron, Paul Leroi - 1886 "A. L'Enclos, épreuve avant la lettre de la lithographie de M. Théophile Chauvel, d'après le tableau de M. Émile Van Marcke "

Biography

He studied under

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. He received the cross of the Legion of Honor in 1872 and a gold medal at the Paris exhibition. He is represented at the

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, and at the

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in New York, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, and in other public and private collections in the

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. Typical of his work is the public domain image ''Summer Pastoral, Bresle Valley'' on this page reproduced courtesy of the Morton Collection. This gem-like work offers the favorite themes of van Marcke in a microcosm; it incorporates cattle, water, reflections, dramatic cloudscapes and a feeling of life and motion and verdant nature. Nature is idyllic and animals emblematic of that harmony.

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1827 births 1891 deaths People from Sèvres 19th-century French painters French male painters Animal artists French landscape painters 19th-century French male artists {{France-painter-19thC-stub