De Rede van Antwerpen
Oil painting on canvas
70 x 100
Private collection
The Port of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium,
is a port in the heart of Europe accessible to capesize ships. It is Europe’s
second-largest seaport, after Rotterdam. Antwerp stands at the upper end of the
tidal estuary of the Scheldt. The estuary is navigable by ships of more than
100,000 Gross Tons as far as 80 km inland. Like Hamburg, the Port of Antwerp's
inland location provides a more central location in Europe than the majority of
North Sea ports. Antwerp's docks are connected to the hinterland by rail, road,
and river and canal waterways. As a result, the port of Antwerp has become one
of Europe's largest seaports, ranking second behind Rotterdam by total freight
shipped.
Antwerp's potential was recognized by Napoleon Bonaparte
and he ordered the construction of Antwerp's first lock and dock in 1811.
Called the Bonaparte Dock, it was joined by a second dock - called the Willem
Dock after the Dutch King - in 1813. More on The Port of
Antwerp
Romain Steppe (Antwerp , 11 January 1859 - there, 28 November 1927) was a Belgian painter , a realistic painter of river landscapes and navies.
Romain Steppe was the son of a shipowner in the port of Antwerp and was already twenty when he chose an artistic career. He was a student of E. Van Hoorde, Charles Boland and Isidoor Meyers
The sea and the port in particular inspired him in his first works, while he discovered a new source of inspiration during his wanderings with Isidoor Meyers in the Scheldeland . He preferred atmospheric images in small formats. He also painted in the Limburg Kempen, on the Belgian coast and during his travels through England, France and the Netherlands.
He returned to Antwerp in 1887, where he became a member of the " Als ik Kan " art association founded in 1888 by a number of former students of the Antwerp Academy. He painted many atmospheric images in a small format in this city.
For years he stayed in Sint-Amands in what was then Palingstraat (later Emile Verhaerenstraat). He was a true fellow villager and loved by everyone.
On November 28, 1927 he died in the Scheldt city of Antwerp and on June 17, 1928 his remains were transferred to the cemetery of Sint-Amands . He received a retrospective exhibition in 1996 at the Provincial Museum Emile Verhaeren in Sint-Amands. More onRomain Steppe
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