Eugenio Cavall

Eugenio Cavall Biersten (1815-1865) was a renown Brunanter painter. He was one of the later artists of the neoclassical era.

Biography
Cavall was born in Koningstad to a Barzuna father and a Dutch-speaking mother. Cavall was proclaimed a "prodigy" and his parents did everything they could to get him professional lessons. He was a student of the academic artist Pierre-Jules Chapron and studied under him around 1828-1833. He was schooled in the classic realist painting, which was what his conservative parents wanted. Cavall was interested in painting the emotion and parted ways with Chapron in the mid-1830s.

Cavall began painting in an almost abstract neoclassical way. Other neoclassical painters praised him because he could portray the academics' sheerness without the need for detail; indeed his work was unlike any seen in his day. Cavall continued painting in the neoclassical style until the early 1850s. As he smoked heavily he became sick and bedridden and did not paint thereafter. Cavall died in 1865, as the age of 49.

Legacy
His paintings are found in the Museu nas Arts Barzuna of Brezonde, the National Art Museum in Koningstad and various renown museums worldwide.