Charles Verlat [SEP] date of death
Charles Verlat
Michel Marie Charles Verlat (25 November 182423 October 1890) was a Belgian painter from Antwerp.
Life.
He was a pupil of Nicaise de Keyser, and studied at the Antwerp Academy.
In 1842 appeared his first important picture, "Pippin the Short Killing a Lion". About 1849 he went to Paris, where he worked under Ary Scheffer. In 1855 he won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle at Paris with his "Tiger Attacking a Herd of Buffaloes", and in 1858
, and Norman Garstin) and his artistic development away from the strict realism of the Newlyn School towards impressionism.
Life and career.
Born in Stillington, Yorkshire, Hall studied art at the Lincoln School of Art between 1879 and 1881, before moving on to study under Michel Marie Charles Verlat in Antwerp.
He became a member of the Newlyn School in Cornwall at some time between 1883 and 1885 although the exact date is uncertain. He remained there, joining fellow ex-Lincoln School of Art student Frank Bramley