Jean-Baptiste Robie

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Jean-Baptiste Robie

Portrait of Robie, c. 1894

Born|

Jean-Baptiste Robie

1821

Brussels, Belgium

Died| 1910

n/a

Occupation| Painter

Jean-Baptiste Robie or Jean Robie (1821–1910) was a Belgian painter who specialised in still lifes with flowers and fruit.[1] He later painted seascapes, landscapes and Oriental scenes based on his travels in the Middle East, India and Ceylon.[2] He was also a writer who wrote about his travels in the East, an autobiographical essay and art theoretical works.[1]

## Life

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He was born in Brussels, the son of a smith, and was initially self-taught.[3] With the encouragement of his friend the artist Théodore Fourmois he later began studying at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels with Balthazar-François Tasson (later Tasson-Snel) and exhibited at the Brussels Salon from 1843 to 1875, as well as at the Paris Salon and elsewhere.[1]

He also wrote many travel books based on his extensive travels as far as India.

## Notes and references

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1. ^ a b c Marchal, E., Notice sur Jean Robie, in: Annuaire de l’Académie Royale de Belgique, 1911, pp 177–190
2. ^ Dictionnaire des peintres belges: Jean-Baptiste Robie
3. ^ Jean Robie, Les débuts d'un peintre, Brussels, Polleunis, Ceuterick et Lefébure, 1886

## Further reading

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* De Taeye, Edmond Louis, 1894-97: Les artistes belges contemporains. Brussels
* Flippo, W.G., 1981: Lexicon of the Belgian Romantic Painters. Antwerp
* Op De Beeck, E.: Un musée indien à Saint-Gillis. Oeuvre du peintre Jean Robie, in: Le Folklore Brabançon, nr. 162 (1964), pp 232–251* Thieme, U., & Becker, F., 1980-86: Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Reprint of 1907 edition. 37 vols. Leipzig: Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag
* Vandevivere, I.. in: Biographie Nationale, 33, Brussel, (1965–66)

## External links

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* Media related to Jean-Baptiste Robie at Wikimedia Commons

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