Houses in France 1950 - 1980

Charles Eyck

GouachePaint
39 ⨯ 54 cm
ConditionMint
€ 1.500

Art Dumay

• About the artwork
  This gouache painting by Charles Eyck depicts houses along the water in France, rendered in vibrant colors. The fresh brushwork and expressive use of color give the work a dynamic and atmospheric character.
  
  Charles Hubert Eyck (Meerssen, 24 March 1897 – Schimmert, 2 August 1983) was a Dutch visual artist. Together with Henri Jonas and Joep Nicolas, he was considered one of the pioneers of the Limburg School and made a significant contribution to the development of modern art in the Limburg region.
  
  Dimensions: 39 x 54 cm
  Framed dimensions: 55 x 70
• About the artist

  Charles Eyck (1897, Meerssen, Limburg – Nuth (Schimmert), Limburg, 1983), also spelled Charles Eijck, full name Charles Hubert Eyck, was a Dutch painter, aquarellist, pastellist, draughtsman, illustrator, graphic designer, lithographer, ceramist, glass painter, sculptor, architect, monumental artist, wall decorator, interior designer. He was active in the period 1922-1983 in Meerssen, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Rome, Stockholm, France, Cagnes, Paris, Maastricht, Zeist, Utrecht, Schimmert, Curaçao, Schimmert.

  Along with Henri Jonas and Joep Nicolaas he was a pioneer of the ‘Limburgse School.’ Van Eyck received his education in monumental art (wall painting, stained glass, etc.) at the Rijksakademie (State Academy) in Amsterdam. Before, he was a delftware painter at Céramique in Maastricht. In 1922, he was a winner of the Prix de Rome, First Prize Painting. After a short stay in Sweden, Curaçao, southern France, Amsterdam, Clamart and Utrecht, he settled in Schimmert.

  
  
  He married the Swedish painter Karin Meyer. He was a teacher at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht and at the Vrije Academie in Utrecht. He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae (Amsterdam) and Pulchri Studio (The Hague). At the beginning of his artistic career, he worked in an impressionistic way. Later he was criticized since he persisted in a more or less steady religious style. Due to this criticism and his increasing deafness he led a retired life in Schimmert. Van Eyck was awarded several times, for example, the Willink van Collen Prize in 1919. Charles Eyck produced stained-glass windows, Stations of the Cross, and fresco’s in numerous churches and monasteries, particularly - but certainly not exclusively - in the province of Limburg.

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