Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp is an art academy located in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. It was founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger, painter to the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm and Don Juan of Austria. Teniers was master of the Guild of St Luke—which embraced arts and some handicrafts—and petitioned Philip IV of Spain, then master of the Spanish Netherlands, to grant a royal charter to establish a Fine Arts Academy in Antwerp. It houses the Antwerp Fashion Academy.
The Neoclassical entrance gate (1841-1843) designed by Pierre Bourla
Theodoor Boeyermans, Antwerp, Nurse of Painters (1665), Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
David Teniers the Younger
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile artist known for his prolific output. He was an innovator in a wide range of genres such as history painting, genre painting, landscape painting, portrait and still life. He is now best remembered as the leading Flemish genre painter of his day. Teniers is particularly known for developing the peasant genre, the tavern scene, pictures of collections and scenes with alchemists and physicians.
Portrait of David Teniers by Philip Fruytiers, 1655
Smokers in an interior, c. 1637, oil on panel
Village festival, 1645, oil on canvas
Card players, c. 1644–45, oil on panel