Antoine Joseph Wiertz

(1806–1865) belgisk målare

Antoine Joseph Wiertz (Flanders/Belgium, 1806–1865) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Antoine Joseph Wiertz belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Antoine Joseph Wiertz was born in Dinant and died in Ixelles. Antoine Joseph Wiertz trained at Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Antoine Joseph Wiertz studied under Willem Jacob Herreyns. Antoine Joseph Wiertz worked in Paris, Paris, Paris, and Rome. Wikidata associates Antoine Joseph Wiertz with Romanticism. Antoine Joseph Wiertz became a member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Antoine Joseph Wiertz was awarded Prix de Rome. The students included Eugène Plasky.

One of the best-known works is ‘Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head’. The catalogue has 30 works by Antoine Joseph Wiertz with free images. The dated works span the years 1806–1864. Works by Antoine Joseph Wiertz are held by several collections, among them Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, and Wiertz Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Adèle Kindt, Willem Geefs, Louis Joseph César Ducornet, Petrus van Schendel, and Michel Delaporte.

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