{"id":47499,"date":"2017-08-04T14:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/carolus-bosmans\/"},"modified":"2017-08-04T14:27:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:27:56","slug":"carolus-bosmans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/carolus-bosmans\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolus Bosmans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0009-carolus1-b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0009-carolus1-b-847x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0009-carolus1-b-847x1024.jpg 847w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0009-carolus1-b-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0009-carolus1-b-768x928.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0009-carolus1-b-973x1176.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0009-carolus1-b-508x614.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0009-carolus1-b.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>oil on canvas 58 cm x 71 cm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0021-carolus2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0021-carolus2-1024x976.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0021-carolus2-1024x976.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0021-carolus2-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0021-carolus2-768x732.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0021-carolus2-973x927.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0021-carolus2-508x484.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_0021-carolus2.jpg 2043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>oil on canvas 61 cm x 72 cm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Carolus-Josephus-Leopoldus-Boschmans-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Carolus-Josephus-Leopoldus-Boschmans-01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Carolus-Josephus-Leopoldus-Boschmans-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Carolus-Josephus-Leopoldus-Boschmans-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Carolus-Josephus-Leopoldus-Boschmans-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Carolus-Josephus-Leopoldus-Boschmans-01-973x730.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Carolus-Josephus-Leopoldus-Boschmans-01-508x381.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carolus Bosmans<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table id=\"x_INCREDIMAINTABLE\" border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"x_INCREDITEXTREGION\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div>Dear Sir,<\/div>\n<div>The reason for this contact is in reply to your general request for information about:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Carolus Bosmans<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Born as Carolus Josephus Leopoldus Boschmans, known as &#8220;Jos&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Married to Johannes Emelia Pauwels<\/div>\n<div>This far from undeserving painter won the &#8220;First Prize of Rome in painting&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>The attached photo of this man was taken shortly after the wedding of his son<\/div>\n<div>Joannes Franciscus Boschmans to Elisabeth Van Hoffelen<\/div>\n<div>Two paintings by my great-grandfather Carolus are in my possession<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"x_divtagdefaultwrapper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<table id=\"x_INCREDIMAINTABLE\" border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"x_INCREDITEXTREGION\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Given their age, these works are still in good condition<\/div>\n<div>The works are still in their original frames<\/div>\n<div>The damage sustained during the war has been repaired, but is still visible<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Text: Archive of the &#8220;Heemkundig Museum Aarschot&#8221; (local history museum), by J. Meeus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1868 the Aarschot town council granted an allowance to a certain Carolus BOSMANS, a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.<br \/>\nThe information provided by Dr Guido Persoons, scientific librarian of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, shows the following:<br \/>\nCarolus BOSMANS took the following courses:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Winter 1865 &#8211; 66<\/dt>\n<dd>Landscape painting; age of the student: 22, address: Molenberg 18, Aarschot.<\/dd>\n<dt>Summer 1866<\/dt>\n<dd>Landscape and animal painting; address: Luikstraat 43, Antwerp.<\/dd>\n<dt>Winter 1866 &#8211; 67<\/dt>\n<dd>Landscape painting; address: Molenberg 18, Aarschot.<\/dd>\n<dt>Summer 1867<\/dt>\n<dd>Landscape painting; address: Aarschot.<\/dd>\n<dt>Winter 1867 &#8211; 68<\/dt>\n<dd>Same course; address: Hoogzettersstraat 30, Antwerp.<\/dd>\n<dt>Summer 1868<\/dt>\n<dd>Same course and same address.<\/dd>\n<dt>Winter 1868 &#8211; 69<\/dt>\n<dd>Landscape and animal painting. Address: Oude Vaartplaats 5, Antwerp.<\/dd>\n<dt>Summer 1869<\/dt>\n<dd>Same course and same address<\/dd>\n<dt>Winter 1869 &#8211; 70<\/dt>\n<dd>Same course and same address<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>BOSMANS was 22 at the start of his studies and 27 at the end. He obtained the following distinctions:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th valign=\"top\">1865 &#8211; 66<\/th>\n<td>secondary level, &#8220;perspective pittoresque&#8221;, 1st of 3 participants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th valign=\"top\">1866 &#8211; 67<\/th>\n<td>&#8220;perspective pittoresque&#8221;, 3rd.<br \/>\nPrize of excellence, secondary level, landscape and animal painting, 3rd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th valign=\"top\">1867 &#8211; 68<\/th>\n<td>&#8220;Perspective pittoresque pastel&#8221;, landscape painting class, secondary level, 5th.<br \/>\nPrize of excellence, landscape and animal painting: 3rd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th valign=\"top\">1868 &#8211; 69<\/th>\n<td>&#8220;perspective pittoresque lin\u00e9aire&#8221;, 2nd.<br \/>\n&#8220;perspective pittoresque pastel&#8221;, 2nd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th valign=\"top\">1869 &#8211; 70<\/th>\n<td>&#8220;perspective pittoresque lin\u00e9aire&#8221;, 1st.<br \/>\n&#8220;perspective pittoresque pastel&#8221;, 3rd.<br \/>\nPrize of excellence, landscape and animal painting, 3rd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>So BOSMANS completed, with considerable merit, the entire secondary course in landscape and animal painting, as it was called at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Can anyone tell us more about the further course of the painter&#8217;s career, for instance where he settled after finishing his studies, and whether any of his works are known and have been preserved, and where?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>oil on canvas 58 cm x 71 cm oil on canvas 61 cm x 72 cm Carolus Bosmans Dear Sir, The reason for this contact is in reply&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}