Petrus Van Schendel
Fruit Sellers By The Light Of A Paraffin Lamp
A busy night market with a vegetable stall
A Family in a candlelit Interior
A girl selling vegetables at the night-market with the Dam Palace and the
A moonlit landscape, with a figure by a farmhouse
A servant girl by candle light
A vegetable market at the Grote Markt in The Hague
A vegetable seller at the groenmarkt, the Hague
A Young market girl by candle light
A Young woman with hanging game
Portrait of Adriana Johanna van Wijck, Wife of Johannes Ploos van Amstel
An almond seller at the 'botermarkt' in amsterdam by candle light
The young kitchen maid with the coal basin
Domestic happiness a Scheveningen interior
A market woman offers under a window arch grapes, plums, peaches and melons
Etienne Van den Bergh Falsely Accused of Treason
Girl Buying Vegetables at Night Market
Imagination by the candle light
Kitchen Maid in a Poultry Larder with a Lamp
The exile of the Duke of Crawford
Market Square in Rotterdam at Night
Mother and child at the night-market
Portrait of Geertruy van Schendel-Brocx
Preparing the vegetables by candle light
River landscape in the silver moonlight
Selling game at the Groenmarkt in the Hague
Selling vegetables at the night market
The Feux de Bengale Night in Vaux-Hall Park
The fishmarket on the Groenmarkt, The Hague
The Main Square in The Hague in the evening
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Vendor with Pheasant by Candellight
Wild Seller at the Groenmarkt in The Hague at night (counterpart of "The wild stall)
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Young woman reading (in the style of Petrus van Schendel)
Petrus Van Schendel (1806-1870) was a Dutch-Belgian genre painter in the Romantic style who specialized in nighttime scenes, lit by lamps or candles. This led to him being known as "Monsieur Chandelle".
Biography
On the advice of a family friend, who was a retired army officer, his father sent him to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. He studied there from 1822 to 1828 with the history painter, Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, and received a gold medal for "Perspective" upon graduating.
He made a name as a portrait painter and moved frequently, living in Breda (1828-29), Amsterdam (1830-32) Rotterdam (1832-38) and The Hague (1838-45). He was a regular participant in the Exhibition of Living Masters and the various "Triennial Salons" of Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent. In 1834, he was named a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam.
In 1845, he settled permanently in Brussels. His studio there was divided into a well-lighted space where he actually painted, and a darkened space where his models posed. He won several medals at expositions in Paris and London during the late 1840s. Some of his works were bought by King Leopold I. He also published course books on perspective and facial expression.
He painted Biblical scenes and landscapes, lit by the moon, as well as his genre works and traditional portraits. Many of his paintings were also done as ink wash drawings and made into woodcuts. In 1869, he created a few experimental paintings lit by electric arc lamps.
In addition to his art, he was interested in the mechanics of steam engines and, in 1841, patented a device for improving the blades on steamships. He also devised suggestions for improving the lateral stability of railroad cars and reclaiming the moorlands in De Kempen.
He was married three times and had fifteen children; thirteen by his first wife, Elisabeth, who died in 1850.
Further reading
Jan M.M. de Meere, Petrus van Schendel (1807-1870). Een leven tussen licht en donker, Primavera Pers, 2012 ISBN 90-599-7131-0
Helma van der Holst, Petrus van Schendel, 1806-1870: meester van het avondlicht, Breda's Museum, 2012 ISBN 90-8193-124-5
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