Lot 516: Regemorter, Petrus Johannes Van. (1755-1830,

Regemorter, Petrus Johannes Van. (1755-1830, Flemish) Oil On Panel. Landscape Passage With A Family Sitting, Rider On Horseback And Cattle. 20¼ x 24¼. Signed And Dated Lower Right V Regemorter 1789. Further Painting To The Reverse Showing A Partial Portrait Of A Lady With Dog. Broad Giltwood And Gesso Frame. 31½ x 35½ Inches. Biography (bapt Antwerp, 8 Sept 1755; d Antwerp, 17 Nov 1830). He studied at the Academie in Antwerp, where he was considered a mediocre pupil. He worked as a restorer for two Antwerp art collectors, Jan Pilaer and François Beeckmans, whose paintings served as a source of inspiration for his own work. He was admitted to the Antwerp Guild of St Luke and in 1785 became its principal. In 1796 he was appointed professor of drawing at the Academie, where his pupils included his son (2) Ignatius van Regemorter, Mathieu Ignace van Brée and Peter Paul Joseph Noël (1789-1822). He painted mostly genre scenes and landscapes, being especially fond of moonlit views. He exhibited two Moonlit Landscapes at the Antwerp Salon of 1813 and a third at the Salon of 1816 (e.g. La Fère, Mus. Jeanne d'Aboville). Although there is no record that he travelled to Italy, the existence of a painting entitled Italian Peasants among the Ruins (ex-art market, Brussels) suggests that he may have travelled there