Nicolas Ruyssen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 March 1757  |
| Died | 8 May 1826 (aged 69) |
Nicolas-Joseph Ruyssen was the Belgian drawing master to the royal princesses of England, under King George III.
Life edit
Born on 17 March 1757 in the house of a gardener in Hazebrouck,[1] Nicolas Ruyssen showed a talent for drawing from an early age and by the age of eighteen had won first prize at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Omer. Introduced to the entourage of the Prince de Montmorency-Robecque, Lord of Morbèque, the young artist was indebted to his distinguished patron for a long stay in Paris. After winning first prize at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Omer in 1775, he spent 6 years in Paris, then in Rome at the Ecole Française des Beaux-Arts. Returning to France in June 1791, he first settled with his friend, the Prince de la Basèque, near Westouter on the Belgian border.
In 1793, fleeing the French Revolution, he took refuge in England. In 1803, he published a course in anatomy based on the Raphael cartoons owned by the Windsor family, and became master draughtsman at the court of King George III.
He returned to France in 1814 to restore paintings and paint some canvases for the church of Hazebrouck.
In 1819, he bought the ruins of the former Antonine hermitage on the Mont des Cats to found a school. In 1821, with the help of the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Saint-Omer, he opened a school there.
In 1826, the school became a monastery. On 18 May 1826, a few months after the arrival of the monks, Nicolas Ruyssen died and was buried in the oratory of the monastery. When the new monastery was built, his body was moved to the Mont des Cats church.
References edit
- ^ "Ruyssen, Nicolas Joseph". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00158361. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
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