WAUTERS Charles-Augustin
THE BATHERS
Oil on panel: 37.5 x 55 cm / 14.8 x 21.6 in
Signed lower left; entitled "Les baigneuses" on the back
Painter of historical subjects and genre scenes; engraver.
Charles-Augustin Wauters was born in Mechlin in 1811 and died in Boom in 1869.
He was a pupil of the Art Schools of Mechlin and Brussels.
The Cathedral of Saint-Rombaut in Mechlin has his “The Last Supper” in its collection and the church of Saint-Andrew in Antwerp “The Way of the Cross” (1852) and “The Entombment”.
Period:
Mechlin 1811 - Boom 1869
Belgian School
Exhibitions:
Antwerp - Mechlin
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 789.