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Description: | Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven was born in East Flanders (now Belgium) in 1798. His father was a sculptor and Eugene was taught to sculpt from a young age. He continued to sculpt even when he became famous for his animal paintings. Verboeckhoven is considered to be one of the foremost animal artists of the nineteenth century. Sometimes art critics thought that his animals showed human characteristics. The 1930 Wednesbury Art Gallery Catalogue states that the bull in this picture ? is looking at us with a mild surprise in his beautiful eyes, which seem to follow us as we move in front of him. Verboeckhoven had an international reputation as a high quality artist and his paintings were collected all over the world. His works were purchased by wealthy American collectors. Examples are also found in many international museum collections including Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels and Munich.
An oil painting of a brown and white horned bull's head. It is holding it's head over a fence. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell MBC | Subjects: | Cattle Fine arts Farming Rural areas | Temporal: | 1857
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Verboeckhoven; Eugene Joseph (1798 - 1881) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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