Charles-philogène Tschaggeny - "les Vieux Marronniers Des Remparts De La Ville De Tongres"
Artist: Charles-philogène Tschaggeny (bruxelles, 1815 – 1894)
Oil on canvas depicting a lively rural landscape around the Flemish town of Tongeren in Belgium, part of the 19th-century Belgian realist and naturalist movement in the academic tradition of landscape painting. The scene is treated with a careful observation of nature, a harmonious palette and a balanced composition, characteristic of the Belgian school of this period.
The landscape, structured by broad masses of vegetation and a subtly shaded sky, is enlivened by small, discreetly integrated rural figures, lending the whole a peaceful, authentic atmosphere. The workmanship is masterful, legible and free of affectation, in keeping with the realistic aesthetic of the time.
The work is signed "C. Tschaggeny" in the lower left-hand corner and dated 1873.
It is presented in a quality antique frame, probably from the late 19th or early 20th century, with a cartel. The frame is slightly missing in the upper right-hand corner (on the back, see photo)
On the back, the following inscription:
"Les vieux marronniers des remparts de la ville de Tongres" by Ch. Tschaggeny, 1873
Dimensions (unframed): 55 × 32 cm
Technique: oil on canvas
Condition: good overall, with normal wear in keeping with age; craquelure present.
Provenance: private Belgian collection.
Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny (Brussels, 1815 - 1894) was a 19th-century Belgian painter specializing in landscape and rural scenes.
He came from a cultivated Brussels family: son of Frédéric-Guillaume Tschaggeny, a merchant originally from Neuchâtel who settled in Brussels in the early 19th century, and Anne Geneviève Célinie de Charvet, whose father was tutor to Prince Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine.
He was the brother of painter Edmond Tschaggeny (1818-1873), with whom he shared certain themes, while developing a distinct personal body of work.
Charles-Philogène trained with Eugène Verboeckhoven, a major figure in nineteenth-century Belgian painting, whose teaching had a lasting influence on his realistic and naturalist approach to landscape.
His work is part of the tradition of academic naturalist realism, appreciated today for its legibility, balance and decorative quality.
The landscape, structured by broad masses of vegetation and a subtly shaded sky, is enlivened by small, discreetly integrated rural figures, lending the whole a peaceful, authentic atmosphere. The workmanship is masterful, legible and free of affectation, in keeping with the realistic aesthetic of the time.
The work is signed "C. Tschaggeny" in the lower left-hand corner and dated 1873.
It is presented in a quality antique frame, probably from the late 19th or early 20th century, with a cartel. The frame is slightly missing in the upper right-hand corner (on the back, see photo)
On the back, the following inscription:
"Les vieux marronniers des remparts de la ville de Tongres" by Ch. Tschaggeny, 1873
Dimensions (unframed): 55 × 32 cm
Technique: oil on canvas
Condition: good overall, with normal wear in keeping with age; craquelure present.
Provenance: private Belgian collection.
Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny (Brussels, 1815 - 1894) was a 19th-century Belgian painter specializing in landscape and rural scenes.
He came from a cultivated Brussels family: son of Frédéric-Guillaume Tschaggeny, a merchant originally from Neuchâtel who settled in Brussels in the early 19th century, and Anne Geneviève Célinie de Charvet, whose father was tutor to Prince Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine.
He was the brother of painter Edmond Tschaggeny (1818-1873), with whom he shared certain themes, while developing a distinct personal body of work.
Charles-Philogène trained with Eugène Verboeckhoven, a major figure in nineteenth-century Belgian painting, whose teaching had a lasting influence on his realistic and naturalist approach to landscape.
His work is part of the tradition of academic naturalist realism, appreciated today for its legibility, balance and decorative quality.
2 200 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Louis Philippe, Charles 10th
Condition: Good condition
Material: Oil painting
Length: 55 cm
Width: 32 cm
Reference (ID): 1775972
Availability: In stock
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