Oil on Canvas by Cornelius van Leemputten (1841-1902)

An oil on canvas by Cornelius Leemputten depicting sheep with their shepherdess in the background.

In very good condition and especially so as when we found this painting, it was under glass.

The picture has a wonderfully calm atmosphere and the beautiful and very ornate frame serves it well.
Signed.

BIOGRAPHY
Cornelius Van Leemputten was born in Werchter as the son of Jan Frans Van Leemputten and Elisabeth Hopland. His father was originally a farmer but moved to Brussels in 1852 to become a painting restorer as he had an interest and some practice in art. Cornelius and his younger brother Frans Van Leemputten were encouraged by their father to practise art.
With the exception of a few lessons from his father, Cornelius was principally self-taught through the making of studies from nature in areas such as Brabant and the Campine region in north-eastern Belgium.[1] In 1855 the family briefly moved to Antwerp where Cornelius attended classes at the Antwerp Academy from 1855 to 1860.

Exhibitions
Van Leemputten participated in several international exhibitions and received gold medals in Ghent in 1883, Edinburgh in 1886, Port Adelaide in 1887 and in Berlin in 1896. He was awarded silver medals in Nice, Melbourne, Barcelona and Cologne. He was made a Knight of the Order of Leopold by the Belgian king in 1895.