VERMEULEN Ernest
THE ISLE OF PHILAE
Oil on canvas: 15 x 24 cm / 5.9 x 9.4 ins
Signed lower right, situated and dated 'Ile de Philae "Hte. Egypte" 1881' lower left
Painter of landscapes and town and river views. Orientalist.
Ernest Vermeulen participated in 1885 at the Exposition Universelle in Antwerp.
He travelled to the Middle-East and visited Egypt.
Period:
1838 - 1906
Belgian School
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "19th Century Virtuoso Painters", Knokke 2011, p. 519.
P. Piron, "Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles", Ohain 2011, Vol. 2, p. 738.
