Early 19th Century Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting by Eugene Verboeckhoven and Louis Verwee, Framed

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An unusual collaborative painting by Eugene Verboeckhoven and Louis Verwee. Painting is oil on board. Depicts a pastoral setting by … Read more An unusual collaborative painting by Eugene Verboeckhoven and Louis Verwee. Painting is oil on board. Depicts a pastoral setting by a river with cows and sheep being tended by two herders. Both painters were active in Belgium in the 1800’s. One painter would do the landscape and the other animals and people. Dates to mid-1800’s.

Measures 22 ½” x 20” overall and 17 3/4:” x 14” painting. Original frame. Painting is signed by both artists, one on the lower left and the other on an oval nameplate in the lower center.

Good condition, no damage; see photos.
Eugène Verboeckhoven (1799-1881) The Belgian painter Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven was trained in drawing and embossing by his father, the sculptor Barthélemy Verboeckhoven. In 1847, he established a studio in Brussels, where he painted numerous animal depictions, particularly landscapes with sheep. His paintings are characterized by a careful drawing. In addition to his paintings, Verboeckhoven also has etched animal depictions. Works by Verboeckhoven are on display in numerous major museum collections, including the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Courtauld Institute of Art and the Royal Collection in London, as well as the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas.
The Belgian painter Louis-Pierre Verwée studied painting at the Academy of Kotrijk with Jean-Baptiste de Jonghe until 1824. Afterwards, he trained with Eugène Verboeckhoven in Ghent, and then in Brussels from 1827. He was friend with Constant Troyon and Courbet.

He mainly traveled through Italy, Holland and to London. He mostly painted landscapes and was especially successful with his winter landscapes.

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