Joseph Geirnaert (1790-1859): Deux intérieurs et un discours public, huile sur toile, datés 1830/1831, avec quatre lithographies ajoutées

Work: 118 x 99 cm (the paintings)
Frame: 136 x 118,5 cm

Work: 50,5 x 40,5 cm (the lithographs) 
Frame: 63,5 x 56 cm

Exhibited: Kunst in Eekloos bezit, Eeklo, December 1990, and published in the exhibition catalogue.

The lithographs printed by Antoine Dewasme-Plétinckx in Brussels.

Jozef (Theodore-Joseph-Louis) Geirnaert (Eeklo, 1790 – Ghent, 1859) is a name that simply cannot be left out among the Meetjesland Masters. This scion of a prominent Eeklo family demonstrated his incredible talent from an early age and, with his historical genre paintings, quickly surpassed his teachers in national competitions. His oeuvre evolved over the years from neoclassical history paintings to more bourgeois and domestic genre scenes, but his signature always guaranteed artistic quality of international caliber. (link)