Abstract
In de 19de eeuw kregen meisjes uit de burgerij, de adel en het koningshuis in Europa een artistieke opvoeding. Enkelen besloten om van de kunsten hun beroep te maken, wat onder meer door het groeiende opleidingsaanbod mogelijk werd. De weinig onderzochte meerderheid beoefende de kunsten als amateur. Dit artikel concentreert zich op de artistieke opvoeding van amateurkunstenaressen en specifiek op die van adellijke vrouwen in het 19de-eeuwse Brussel. De adel hechtte veel belang aan een kunstzinnige educatie, maar bracht zelden beroepskunstenaars voort. De hoofdstad bood ruime opleidingsmogelijkheden. De resultaten via bronnen in privéarchieven verdiepen de kennis over amateurkunstenaressen en het artistieke landschap, terwijl ze de bevindingen over beroepskunstenaressen contextualiseren.
In the 19th century, girls from the middle class, the nobility and the royal family in Europe received an artistic education. A few decided to make the arts their profession, which was made possible, among other things, by the growing range of training on offer. The understudied majority practiced the arts as amateurs. This article focuses on the artistic education of amateur artists and specifically on that of noble women in 19th-century Brussels. The nobility attached great importance to artistic education, but rarely produced professional artists. The capital offered ample training opportunities. The results from sources in private archives deepen the knowledge about amateur artists and the artistic landscape, while contextualizing the findings about professional artists.
In the 19th century, girls from the middle class, the nobility and the royal family in Europe received an artistic education. A few decided to make the arts their profession, which was made possible, among other things, by the growing range of training on offer. The understudied majority practiced the arts as amateurs. This article focuses on the artistic education of amateur artists and specifically on that of noble women in 19th-century Brussels. The nobility attached great importance to artistic education, but rarely produced professional artists. The capital offered ample training opportunities. The results from sources in private archives deepen the knowledge about amateur artists and the artistic landscape, while contextualizing the findings about professional artists.
| Translated title of the contribution | From drawing manual to academy: The training of Brussels 19th-century female amateur artists pertaining to the nobility |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Brussels Studies |
| Volume | 166 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Mar 2022 |