{"id":49080,"date":"2024-05-02T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/ernest-van-den-panhuysen-1874-1929\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:17:00","slug":"ernest-van-den-panhuysen-1874-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/ernest-van-den-panhuysen-1874-1929\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Van den Panhuysen (1874-1929)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ernest Van den Panhuysen\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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72 x 53 cm<\/p>\n

Self-portrait<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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40 x 30 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Gypsy woman<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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105 x 88 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Fakir with spear<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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40 x 30 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Grey eminence<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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45 x 33 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

The poet<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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32.5 x 26 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Man with cigar
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32.5 x 24.2 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Beggars<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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22.5 x 32.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Elephants at the circus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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50 x 62 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Two dromedaries<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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18 x 27.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Two lions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lion<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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37 x 25 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Kittens<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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34.5 x 37 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Cat and dog<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHis animal paintings are in general full of tenderness. He has a sure hand, a feeling for line and colour, a very sensitive, gentle soul: his heart is a treasure chest of goodness.\u201d – Karel Rutgeerts (1933)<\/span><\/p>\n

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60 x 80 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Saddled army horse<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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40 x 31.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Dog with hare in its mouth<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lissewege<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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20.5 x 28 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

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33 x 25 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Boxer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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42 x 34.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibex<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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24.5 x 32.7 cm<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The pig pool<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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32 x 22 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

First World War<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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41 x 31 cm<\/span><\/h4>\n

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38 x 46 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Pig with army helmet<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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36 x 31 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Donkey<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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70 x 100 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Pilgrimage to Scherpenheuvel<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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75 x 56 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Norbertine of Averbode<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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42 x 32 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ernest Van den Panhuysen<\/strong> was raised in Aarschot, after the early death of his parents, by his foster parents Jan Noppen (carpenter) and Rozeke Van den Panhuysen. He always kept grateful memories of \u201cAunt Rozeke\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

He became a student of the Greek-Latin humanities at the Sint-Jozefscollege in Aarschot. He also followed classes for two years at the Municipal Evening School. Later he became a pupil at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leuven, where he had Constantin Meunier, among others, as a teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1893 he drew an unlucky lot and was called up for three years of military service. During his time as a soldier in Antwerp he took the opportunity to follow classes at the local Academy of Fine Arts; later he was enrolled as a pupil at the State Higher Institute of Art in Antwerp, where the impressionism of his teacher Frans Van Leemputten<\/span> made a deep impression on him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On 12 July 1901 his painting \u201cThe Return\u201d was awarded the \u201cDe Keyzer\u201d prize, which enabled him to undertake a three-month study trip to Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile Van den Panhuysen was given a festive reception in Aarschot and was honoured at Aarschot town hall together with his teacher Frans Van Leemputten.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1905 he was appointed teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Aalst. Ernest Van den Panhuysen had in the meantime made the acquaintance of, and married, Maria De Coninck, daughter of Dr Fr. De Coninck, personal physician to Empress Charlotte of Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

The couple settled in Grimbergen in 1906 and in Schaerbeek from 1914.<\/span><\/p>\n

He died on 7 March 1929 as a result of being hit by a car.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Aarschot Local History Circle and the then town council had made contact with Mrs Van den Panhuysen, an agreement was reached in 1965, at her request, on moderate terms to transfer a large number of works by her late husband to the Town of Aarschot.<\/span><\/p>\n

(…) When one entered his home one fell into a Noah’s ark. Everywhere one saw lions, tigers, camels, horses, cows, sheep, dogs, cats, etc., slumbering, grazing, resting, striding along or enjoying themselves there.<\/i>This living fauna, although painted, formed part of the works of the great master that van den Panhuysen was. He understands the character of animals well and knows how to render it magnificently. Realistically accurate, sharply observed, sculptural and full of tenderness are his animal paintings in general. He has a sure hand, a feeling for line and colour, a very sensitive, gentle soul: his heart is a treasure chest of goodness. (…)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 source:\u00a0 \u00a0In memoriam: Ernest vanden Panhuysen<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Karel Rutgeerts, 1933, p. 32<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n