Charles Hoguet
(1821 - Berlin - 1870)
"Fishermen at sea near the Cliffs of Dover"
On canvas: 90 x 139 cm
Signed 'C. Hoguet' (l.r.)
Provenance
From a private Dutch collection.
NotesCharles Hoguet was born in Berlin to French parents. He began his studies with marine painter Wilhelm Krause in Berlin, then moved to Paris where he continued with among others the landscape painter Bertin, who had also been the master of Corot and with Eugène Isabey. After his sojourn in Paris, he returned permanently to Berlin in 1848.
Hoguet is known primarily as a painter of landscape and marine scenes, often depicting dramatic views with menacing skies, as in the present work. Hoguet's tendency towards stormy landscapes gained him the title the 'Raphael of windmills'.
He exhibited his Romantic scenes at the Paris Salon from 1842 to 1853, medalling in 1848. He continued exhibiting in Berlin, where he medalled in 1859, and gained membership to the Berlin Academy in 1869.
His work fan be found in Museums in Breslau, Hamburg, Leipzig, London, Victoria and Albert Museum; Montpellier, Musée Fabre.
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Category
French 19th - 20th century
marine