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Jan Stobbaerts or Jan-Baptist Stobbaerts (Antwerp, 18 March 1838 – Schaerbeek, 25 November 1914) was a Belgian painter and printmaker.〔(Jan Stobbaerts ) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History 〕 He is known for his scenes with animals, landscapes, genre scenes and portraits or artists. With his dark-brown studio tones and forceful depiction of trivial subjects, Stobbaerts was a pioneer of Realism and 'autochthonous' Impressionism in Belgium.〔'Flemish Art from the Beginning Till Now', Arch Cape Press, 1988, p. 543〕 ==Life== Jan Stobbaerts was born in Antwerp as the son of the carpenter Maarten Jozef Stobbarts and his wife Johanna Rosalie Pardon. Orphaned at the age of 6, Stobbaerts was cared for by various poor family members and remained unschooled. When he was 8 he became an apprentice of a joiner and later changed to another boss who specialized in making covers of tobacco boxes. Later he worked as an assistant of a decorative painter. He started to paint his own compositions, which he sold on the street.〔Georges Eekhoud, ''Jan Stobbaerts'', in: Onze Kunst, Voortzetting van de Vlaamsche School, Hoofdredacteur P. Buschmann Jr., Deel XV 8ste Jaargang, 1st halfjaar Januari-Juni, 1909, p. 18-33 〕 He became a pupil of the animal painter Emmanuel Noterman in 1856.〔Edmond-Louis de Taeye, 'Les artistes belges contemporains: leur vie, leurs oeuvres, leur place dans l'art', Castaigne, 1894 , p. 60-78 〕 Stobbaerts contributed his first painting to the salon of Brussels in 1857. His submission to the salon was received well by the critics and was purchased by a British buyer. He started to contribute to all salons in Belgium from that time onwards. In his early works, Stobbaerts worked from nature and he was thus one of the pioneers of non-academic painting. In 1859 he started attending the evening classes at the Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp. Here he met Henri de Braekeleer who became a lifelong friend and fellow rebel against academism in art. Their rebellious attitude caused both of them to be expelled from the Academy. The uncle of de Braekeleer was Henri Leys, the leading Romantic painter in Belgium at the time. Leys took it upon himself to assist his nephew and Stobbaerts in the continuation of their training.〔 Stobbaerts married in 1868 and he led a relatively sedentary life in his native Antwerp. He never left his country and only traveled in the immediate vicinity of his residence to paint the surrounding landscape of the Campine.〔 In 1886 Stobbaerts moved to Brussels. In this city he was recognized as an important artist unlike in his native Antwerp where he often had conflicts with local art critics and organizers of exhibitions.〔(Andre A. Moerman, ''Jan Stobbaerts - Na de middag'' ), in: Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen 1965 〕 His composition entitled ''The stable of the old farm of Cruyninghen'', which had been refused for the salon of Antwerp in 1885, was purchased by the Belgian state the next year for the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.〔〔(''The stable of the old farm of Cruyninghen'' ) at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium〕 In Brussels Stobbaerts was feted by 'Les XX' (The Twenty), an association of 20 progressive artists in Brussels.〔Herwig Todts, 'Goya, Redon, Ensor: Grotesque Paintings and Drawings', Antique Collectors' Club, 2009〕 Les XX invited Stobbaerts to participate in the salon of 1884 organised by them.〔(Hoeve aan de Woluwe ) at Erfgoedinzicht.be 〕 Leading art collectors in Belgium such as Henri Van Cutsem started collecting his work. While living in Schaerbeek near Brussels, he painted scenes in the Ossegem neighborhood of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and around the Woluwe river.〔 Stobbaerts received various officials awards including the award by the French state of the Légion d'Honneur in 1900 and by the Belgian state of a knighthood in the Order of Leopold in 1911.〔〔(Dictionnaire des peintres belges ) at Belgian Art Links and Tools 〕 Jan Stobbaert's grandson Marcel Stobbaerts (1899 - 1979) was a successful artist.〔(Marcel Stobbaerts, ''La partie de cartes'' ) at the Loterijmuseum 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Stobbaerts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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