Antique Oil Painting On Canvas, “forest Landscape With A Hunter,” 19th Century, Framed

Antique original oil painting

Landscape with trees, a house, a hunter, and a dog

Dimensions: 46 × 55 cm (18.1 × 21.6 inches)

Frame: 60 × 68.5 cm (23.6 × 26.9 inches)

Minor, almost imperceptible restoration.

The work is most likely attributed to the Belgian landscape painter Eugène Napoléon Deterre (Eugeen Deterre, 1810–1842).

Brief Biography

• Born on October 30, 1810, in Bruges.

• Trained by his uncle (a decorator and restorer) and briefly at the academy, then under the landscape painter Auguste van de Steene. He worked primarily independently, studying nature.

• Beginning in 1833, he settled in Brussels and exhibited regularly at Belgian art salons (Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels, Kortrijk, Liège, etc.) as well as abroad.

•  He painted views of the Bruges area and Flanders, wooded and rural landscapes, and farms, sometimes featuring figures (shepherds, fishermen, etc.). His style is characterized by sincere realism: broad, light brushstrokes and natural colors, without excessive romantic idealization. He is considered one of the earliest representatives of modern realism in Belgian landscape painting.

• He worked on commission, notably for the Duke of Arenberg, for whom he painted views of the family estates.

• He died on August 26, 1842, in Brussels, at the age of only 32.

Good antique condition.