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Hyacinth Jochams Biography
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The name and work of this artist were well known in 19th century Brussels. His subjects were almost always animals and his rendering of them is striking and memorable.
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His paintings were included in many exhibitions in his native city of Brussels, notably at the Salon Triennal in 1875 and at the Cercle des Artistes de Bruxelles in 1877. In 1885 his work was exhibited in Antwerp at the Exposition Universelle and in Paris at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. In the following year his paintings were selected for the Salon in Nemur and for the Berlin Academy Exhibition.
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Jochams observed animals directly from life, making many careful anatomical studies. A follower in the footsteps of the great French animal painter Géricault, his choice of subject and his interpretation of it places his work squarely in the romantic idiom. Like his contemporary Rosa Bonheur, by whose powerful animal paintings Jochams was most strongly influenced, he imbues his beasts with nobility, avoiding any sentimentality which might impede the sense of unbridled passion in his portrayals.
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