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 Painting - The Arche Scaligere. Verona by Jacques Carabain

The Arche Scaligere. Verona

 Painting - Desenzano. Lake Garda by Jacques Carabain

Desenzano. Lake Garda

 Painting - Many Figures At An Auction On The Grande Place In Brussels by Jacques Carabain

Many Figures At An Auction On The Grande Place In Brussels

Queen Street, Auckland

Queen Street, Auckland

Weeshuis in Leiden

Weeshuis in Leiden

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A Coastal View, Capri Italy

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A View of the Judengasse Salzburg

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Many Figures at an Auction on the Grande Place in Brussels

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Jacques François Joseph Carabain, or Jacob Frans Jozef Carabain (23 February 1834, Amsterdam - 2 January 1933, Schaerbeek) was a Dutch-Belgian painter, known primarily for his scenes of cities and buildings in the Romantic-Realist style. He was especially interested in Medieval and Baroque structures, and was often attracted to busy market places.

Biography

He began his studies at the Amsterdamer Kunstakademie, where he initially painted landscapes and seascapes as well as cityscapes. His teachers there included Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer and Valentijn Bing (1812-1895).[1] His first major showing was at the Exhibition of Living Masters in 1852. He lived in Amsterdam until 1856, when he travelled throughout Europe, then lived in Brussels for a short time before settling in Schaerbeek. It was there he began specializing in cityscapes and was influenced by François-Antoine Bossuet.

Eventually, he painted cities in Italy, Germany, France and Austria as well. He also exhibited at the Third (1873) and Fourth (1874) International Exhibitions in London.

In 1880, he became a Belgian citizen. In 1885, he travelled to New Zealand and Australia, where he exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts. After living in Melbourne for a time, he returned home in 1889.[2]

From 1894 to 1897, he painted a series of 59 watercolors depicting the old areas of Brussels. This was the result of a commission from Mayor Charles Buls, who was concerned about the grandiose redevelopment plans being carried out by King Leopold II. In 2011, a major exhibition featuring these works was held at the Museum of the City of Brussels.

He held his last exhibition in 1907 and appears to have stopped painting. A few sources give that as his year of death, although he actually lived for twenty-six more years and died one month short of his 99th birthday.

Two of his children became artists; Victor (1863-1942), who also did cityscapes, and Emile, a still-life painter about whom little is known.


References

Profile from the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie.

Biographical notes @ Design & Art Australia.

Further reading

Brussel in aquarel: een momentopname 1894-1897, Volume 5 of "Fontes Bruxellae", La Muette, 2010 ISBN 2-356-87091-1
Roger Blackley, Commentaries on Jacques Carabain; The Guide, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Scala Publishers, 2001

External links

Jacques Carabain's watercolors of old Brussels @ the City Museum's website.

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