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Painter, born at Brussels, Belgium, 16 September, 1809; died at Schaerbeek, 19
December, 1853. He was the son of Corneille van Eycken and Elise Cordemans, and
as a boy was employed in commercial pursuits, but from 1829, when his father
died, he gave himself over entirely to the study of art. In 1830 he became a
member of the Academy of Belgium, in 1835 gained an important prize with high
distinctions, and four years afterwards was appointed professor of drawing and
painting. In 1838 he went to Italy, returning in 1839 and resuming his
professorship. In that year he exhibited his great picture of "Divine Pity",
which was warmly received and brought him a gold medal and a high position in
the Société des Beaux Arts de France. He married in 1840 Julie Noël, who died 11
February, 1843. Two of his most important pictures were those representing
"Captive Christians" and "St. Boniface", for the church of La Chapelle; but for
the same building he carried out no less than fourteen pictures representing the
Passion of Christ and these were exhibited in 1847 and gained for him the Order
of Leopold. His best-known picture perhaps is entitled "L'Abondance", a replica
of which the artist was employed to make for the Prince Consort of England,
according to the instructions of Louise Marie, Queen of the Belgians. He was
intensely interested in the subject of mural decoration, and studied every
variety of it very closely, preparing a long essay on the subject and a series
of paintings representing the Beatitudes, in order to exemplify his ideas in
this direction. He also gave some attention to sculpture and to designing
medallions. He was a very devout man, true to his faith and to his friends, and
very much respected by all who knew him. His pictures are marked by considerable
religious feeling, grace, tenderness, and delicacy. (For further details, see a
life of the artist published privately in Brussels by Emile van Arenbergh, no
date).

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APA citation. Williamson, G. (1909). Jean Baptiste van Eycken. In The Catholic
Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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MLA citation. Williamson, George. "Jean Baptiste van Eycken." The Catholic
Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05735a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Michael C.
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Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. May 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor.
Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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