Page loaded successfully. Showing keywords for Rik Wouters.
Artist Keywords
Keywords page for Rik Wouters ((1882 - 1916)), known for Painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. Showing associated keywords and tags.
Rik Wouters KEYWORDS
1882 Mechelen, Belgium - 1916 Amsterdam, Holland. Known for: Painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking.
Rik Wouters (Mechelen, Belgium 1882 - Amsterdam, Holland 1916) ?. Belgian painter, sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker. From early age on Rik Wouters worked as an apprentice in the studio of his... Read full biography
Rik Wouters (Mechelen, Belgium 1882 - Amsterdam, Holland 1916) ?. Belgian painter, sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker. From early age on Rik Wouters worked as an apprentice in the studio of his father, an ornamental sculptor. In his workshop he created wooden figures and decorations for... Read full biography
Rik Wouters (Mechelen, Belgium 1882 - Amsterdam, Holland 1916) ?. Belgian painter, sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker. From early age on Rik Wouters worked as an apprentice in the studio of his father, an ornamental sculptor. In his workshop he created wooden figures and decorations for furniture. Only fifteen years old he entered the Akademie van Schone Kunsten in Mechelen to study sculpture. In 1900 he decided to move to the Belgian capital where he became a pupil of Charles Van der Stappen... Read full biography
Rik Wouters (Mechelen, Belgium 1882 - Amsterdam, Holland 1916) ?. Belgian painter, sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker. From early age on Rik Wouters worked as an apprentice in the studio of his father, an ornamental sculptor. In his workshop he created wooden figures and decorations for furniture. Only fifteen years old he entered the Akademie van Schone Kunsten in Mechelen to study sculpture. In 1900 he decided to move to the Belgian capital where he became a pupil of Charles Van der Stappen at the Academie des Beaux-Arts. There he met Hélène Duerinckx (Nel) who was to become his wife, favourite model and muse. The poverty of the young couple and the sickness of Nel forced them to leave the city centre and to go to Boitsfort, the green... Read full biography
Rik Wouters (Mechelen, Belgium 1882 - Amsterdam, Holland 1916) ?. Belgian painter, sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker. From early age on Rik Wouters worked as an apprentice in the studio of his father, an ornamental sculptor. In his workshop he created wooden figures and decorations for furniture. Only fifteen years old he entered the Akademie van Schone Kunsten in Mechelen to study sculpture. In 1900 he decided to move to the Belgian capital where he became a pupil of Charles Van der Stappen at the Academie des Beaux-Arts. There he met Hélène Duerinckx (Nel) who was to become his wife, favourite model and muse. The poverty of the young couple and the sickness of Nel forced them to leave the city centre and to go to Boitsfort, the green outskirts of Brussels. In Boitsfort Wouters focused on painting and studies of light. He chose to depict interiors and st... Read full biography