Louis Artan. Louis Victor Antonio Artan de Saint-Martin was a Dutch-Belgian painter and etcher who specialized in seascapes.
He was born into a noble family in The Hague. His father was an army officer who served as an adjutant to Prince Frederick.
In 1842, his family moved to Ixelles and acquired Belgian citizenship. His father died later that same year and the family moved to Brussels.
Artan began training for a military career, but quit when he was twenty and spent the next six years travelling through the Ardennes, making nature studies. During this time, he became friends with Edouard Delvaux and, after 1858, began visiting Paris, where he was influenced by the Barbizon school and the French marine painter, Eugène Boudin.
Although he took some lessons from Delvaux, he remained largely self-taught. He returned to Belgium in 1860, married the following year, and settled in Ixelles. There, he was further influenced by the landscape painter Hippolyte Boulenger, who took him on a tour of the Sonian Forest in Tervuren. In 1864, an economic depression resulted in the loss of his family fortune and he had to depend entirely upon painting for his income. Despite this, he remained restless and spent the years 1867-1868 exploring Brittany and the shores of the English Channel. When he returned home, he became one of the sixteen co-founders the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts, an association opposed
He was born into a noble family in The Hague. His father was an army officer who served as an adjutant to Prince Frederick.
In 1842, his family moved to Ixelles and acquired Belgian citizenship. His father died later that same year and the family moved to Brussels.
Artan began training for a military career, but quit when he was twenty and spent the next six years travelling through the Ardennes, making nature studies. During this time, he became friends with Edouard Delvaux and, after 1858, began visiting Paris, where he was influenced by the Barbizon school and the French marine painter, Eugène Boudin.
Although he took some lessons from Delvaux, he remained largely self-taught. He returned to Belgium in 1860, married the following year, and settled in Ixelles. There, he was further influenced by the landscape painter Hippolyte Boulenger, who took him on a tour of the Sonian Forest in Tervuren. In 1864, an economic depression resulted in the loss of his family fortune and he had to depend entirely upon painting for his income. Despite this, he remained restless and spent the years 1867-1868 exploring Brittany and the shores of the English Channel. When he returned home, he became one of the sixteen co-founders the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts, an association opposed
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