Joseph Posenaer

Joseph Posenaer was a Belgian artist, born in Antwerp in 1876 and died in Borgerhout in 1935. He was a painter and draftsman.

He trained at the Academy in Antwerp, under the guidance of B. Michiels and F. Lauwers. Then at the Higher Institute in Antwerp, under the supervision of P. Van Der Ouderaa. He was second for the Prix de Rome in 1901.

He painted landscapes, figures, nudes and decorative panels. During the First World War he stayed in the Netherlands. From the press of the time: “One should not expect glow or power from this artist, who reveals himself rather as a poet in muted colors.

His soul is a little gray, a little sad, as if it were constantly turned in on itself. He gently allows himself to be penetrated by the beauty of the landscape, the character of which he tries to capture.

His landscapes are characterized by a soft melancholy. The sun shines on objects without heating them, it illuminates but does not scorch them. Even when he paints a summer landscape, the light has something cool, it is veiled and languishing, as in late summer.”

Joseph Posenaer was a member of the Art Circles Als ik Kan and Eigen Vorming. He was a teacher at the Academy of Antwerp for 35 years. We find his work in the Museum in Antwerp (The bird cages, 1911).

He is mentioned in BAS II and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists.