Karel Verlat
(1824–1890) Belgian painter (1824-1890)
Karel Verlat (Flanders/Belgium, 1824–1890) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a designer. By year of birth, Karel Verlat belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Karel Verlat was born in Antwerp and died in Antwerp. Karel Verlat trained at Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Karel Verlat studied under Josef Lies. Karel Verlat worked in Antwerp. Wikidata associates Karel Verlat with realism. The students included André Broedelet, Nicolaas Bastert, Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic, and Floris Arntzenius.
The best-known works include ‘Een beer overvalt een houthakker, genaamd 'Strijd op leven en dood'’ and ‘A dog barks at a cockatoo’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 50 works by Karel Verlat with free images. The dated works span the years 1846–1888. Works by Karel Verlat are held by several collections, among them Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien, The Wilson, and Amsterdam Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jozef Van Lerius, Godfried Guffens, Florent Willems, Alfred Stevens, and Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff.