Desiré Donny artwork • painting • previously for sale Activities on the beach
Desiré Donny
Brugge (België) 1798-1861 Brussel
1798-1861
Activities on the beach
oil on panel 18.1 x 23.8 cm, signed l.r. and dated '52
This painting was previously for sale.
Désiré Donny is a lesser known, but very gifted representative of Flemish Romanticism. He painted genre scenes, marines and beach scenes with fishermen with a strong Dutch slant. Around 1839 he also started painting moonlit harbours and cityscapes, including of his birthplace Bruges. Donny was a student at the Academy of Bruges but lived and worked in Brussels for most of his life. His work can be found in museums in Kortrijk and Ypres.
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