Henry Cleenewerck
Henry Cleenewerck | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1825 Watou, Belgrium |
| Died | 1901 Brussels, Belgium |
| Known for | Painting |
Henry W. Cleenewerck (1825–1901) was a Belgian-American artist in the 20th and 21st centuries. His work, especially from his time in Cuba, was highly acclaimed.
Early life
[edit]Cleenewerck was born in 1825 in Watou, Belgium,[1] to French parents.[2] He attended the academies in Poperinge and Ypres.[3]
Career
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He visited the United States for the first time in 1854, beginning in California.[2] He was working in Savannah, Georgia, by 1860. He exhibited his 1860 work, Bonaventure Cemetery, at Savannah's Armory Hall to high acclaim. It is now in the possession of Telfair Museums.[4]
In 1863, Cleenewerck was living in Havana, Cuba, painting views of the Canimar River and San Antonio de los Banos, before leaving at the outbreak of the Ten Years' War in 1868.[3] He moved to Paris, France, where he remained until 1873.[1] He was living in San Francisco, California, in 1879,[5] and visited the Monterey Peninsula in the early 1880s.[6] He was a naturalised U.S. citizen at this point.[3]
Death
[edit]Cleenewerck died in Brussels, Belgium, in 1901.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Cernuda Arte :: Artist :: Henry Cleenewerck". secure.cernudaarte.com. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ a b Orsi, Richard J.; Runte, Alfred; Smith-Baranzini, Marlene (2023-12-22). Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks. Univ of California Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-520-33987-3.
- ^ a b c "Henry Cleenewerck - Biography". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ Art, Telfair Museum of (2005-01-01). Telfair Museum of Art: Collection Highlights. University of Georgia Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-933075-04-7.
- ^ Artists' Locale: Exhibition of Early Landscape Paintings of the Monterey Bay Region, January 13 - March 24, 1989. Santa Cruz Historical Trust. 1989.
- ^ Shields, Scott A. (2006-04-17). Artists at Continent's End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875-1907. University of California Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-520-24739-0.