Henri Daco

Henri Daco
Born	1864 Liège, Belgium
Died	1932 Liège, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Known for	Painting

Henri Daco (11 January 1864, in Liège – 7 October 1932 in Liège) was a Belgian painter and neoclassical, impressionist artist.

Early life and education

When Henri Daco was a child, he became interested in graphic arts and showed a desire to follow an artistic training. In September 1876, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he completed his secondary and higher education.

Personal life

In 1913, Daco married Eva Radermacker. They live in apartment located in an empire style mansion, Coronmeuse square in Herstal. In 1935, his widow bequeathed an important part of his works to the municipality of Herstal.

Chronology

Henri Daco was a painter of landscapes and portraits. The Meuse, with the island Monsin, inspires a whole series of paintings. He painted the quays, the basin, the channel, the canal, the shooting garden. Besides their artistic value, its landscapes are unique documents on corners that have disappeared. His style is strongly marked by his neo-classical formation and is influenced by the romanticism and impressionism of the French fashionable painters. It expresses with accuracy and sensitivity what it sees and feels. Colorist of talent, he loves nature and knows how to understand it and express it.

Works

Oil painting

• Paysage Champêtre
• Panorama de la vieille Meuse
• Paysage
• Nature morte chrysanthèmes
• La Laye à l'île Monsin
• Statue Charlemagne Bd d'Avroy
• Panorama de la vieille Meuse
• Rue Haute Sauvenière
• L'homme à la pipe, 1892
• Jeune mère, 1892
• Autoportrait, 1894
• La couturière
• Femme avec chapeau et parapluie
• La liseuse
• Paysage de campagne, 1890
• Port à Coronmeuse, 1898
• Usines en bord de Meuse, 1900
• Portrait de femme, 1903
• Portrait d'E. Scauflaire à 11 ans, 1904
• Paysan à la fourche, 1907
• Femme avec enfant dans un champ, 1908
• Madame Eva Rademecker, 1912
• Portrait de Rose Rousseau avec une rose, 1920
• Portrait d'Henriette Rousseaue, 1922
• Portrait, 1924
• Le boulevard de la Sauvenière, 1930
• Les terrasses de Liège, 1932

Watercolor painting

• Bateaux ammarés près du rivage, 1892
• Bateau sur la rive, 1892
• Bord d'étang, 1892

Pencil drawing

• Tête de profil
• Statue de femme et buste
• Proportion de l'homme et de la femme
• Homme couché bras en croix
• Homme nu debout
• Homme de profil tenant une lance
• Femme nue de dos
• Autoportrait, 1904
• Château de Micheroux, 1908

Pastel

• Portrait de jeune fille, 1917

References

• Cf. And. COLLART-SACRE, La libre Seigneurie de Herstal, Lg, Thone, 1930, t. second (addenda, p. 671-672)".
• Eug. DE SEYN, Dictionnaire biographique des sciences, lettres et des arts en Belgique. Tome 1, Éditions l'Avenir, 1935
• Dictionnaire biographique illustré des artistes en Belgique depuis 1830, Éditions Arto, 1995
• Le dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours, Éditions Renaissance du livre, 1995