MUSIN Auguste
PAPENDRECHT, HOLLAND
Oil on canvas: 54 x 99 cm / 21.2 x 39 in
Signed and situated 'Papendrecht (Holland)' lower right
Painter of navies; illustrator.
Auguste Musin was the son and apprentice of the navy painter François Musin. From 1869 to 1914 he participated in the official Salons in Belgium and abroad.
Auguste painted seascapes in a realistic, later in an impressionist style. He continued to work in line with his father’s later work.
He has received several awards. He eventually settled in Brussels.
Period:
Ostend 1852 - Brussels 1920
Belgian School
Exhibitions:
Anderlecht - Ixelles - Ostend
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 483.
P.& V. Berko, "Seascapes of Belgian Painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1984, p. 111-113.