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Jean-Baptiste Robie
Portrait of Robie, c. 1894
BornJean-Baptiste Robie
1821
Brussels, Belgium
Died1910
n/a
OccupationPainter

Jean-Baptiste Robie or Jean Robie (1821–1910) was a Belgian painter who specialised in still lifes with flowers and fruit. He later painted seascapes, landscapes and Oriental scenes based on his travels in the Middle East, India and Ceylon. He was also a writer who wrote about his travels in the East, an autobiographical essay and art theoretical works.

Life

He was born in Brussels, the son of a smith, and was initially self-taught. With the encouragement of his friend the artist Théodore Fourmois he later began studying at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels with Balthazar-François Tasson (later Tasson-Snel) and exhibited at the Brussels Salon from 1843 to 1875, as well as at the Paris Salon and elsewhere.

He also wrote many travel books based on his extensive travels as far as India.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Marchal, E., Notice sur Jean Robie, in: Annuaire de l’Académie Royale de Belgique, 1911, pp 177–190
  2. Dictionnaire des peintres belges: Jean-Baptiste Robie
  3. Jean Robie, Les débuts d'un peintre, Brussels, Polleunis, Ceuterick et Lefébure, 1886

Further reading

  • De Taeye, Edmond Louis, 1894-97: Les artistes belges contemporains. Brussels
  • Flippo, W.G., 1981: Lexicon of the Belgian Romantic Painters. Antwerp
  • Op De Beeck, E.: Un musée indien à Saint-Gillis. Oeuvre du peintre Jean Robie, in: Le Folklore Brabançon, nr. 162 (1964), pp 232–251* Thieme, U., & Becker, F., 1980-86: Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Reprint of 1907 edition. 37 vols. Leipzig: Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag
  • Vandevivere, I.. in: Biographie Nationale, 33, Brussel, (1965–66)

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