Sailing vessels in windy seascape mid 19C antique marine master oil painting ^Sale

Brilliant painting of busy traffic in choppy sea off British or Normandy coast. Brass plate “Verboeckhoven” leads to Charles-Louis Verboeckhoven (5 February, 1802 - 25 September, 1889) was a Belgian marine painter in the Romantic style.

Size app.: 26 x 36 cm (roughly 10 x 14 in) and nice frame ca 49 x 58,7 cm (roughly 19,3 x 23,2 in). Very Good condition, minor wear, wear to frame. Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 3 kg is going to measure some 4 kg volume weight packed for shipment.

In 1815, the family painter moved to Ghent, where he developed an interest in marine painting and came under the influence of Frans Balthasar Solvyns. In 1827, along with his father and brother, he established himself in Brussels and, that same year, exhibited two paintings ("Angry Sea" and "Calm Sea") at the local Salon. His work enjoyed immediate popularity and his life was essentially a round of exhibitions, including the "Triennial Salons" of Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp. Later, he concentrated on selling his paintings abroad. After 1842, he used brighter colors and his style became more realistic. Very often, the foreground figures were provided by his brother, who reportedly performed the same service for several well-known landscape painters. Many of his works are set in small harbors along the Scheldt, which have since disappeared and cannot be identified with any certainty. Toward the end of his career, he was appointed a member of the Rijksakademie.