Victor Mahu

Victor Mahu (fl 1689 - 1700) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who specialised in genre painting. He is mainly known for his genre scenes of drinkers, card and board game players, dancers, musicians, peasants, cooks and maids, placed in tavern or kitchen interiors.

Little is known about the life of Victor Mahu. His father was the Antwerp-based painter Cornelis Mahu (1613-1689), who was a versatile artist who practised in many genres including still lifes, genre paintings and seascapes and showed a very high level of craftsmanship in his compositions.

Victor Mahu trained with his father and was accepted as a master in the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1689/1690. He was active in Antwerp until 1700, the year in which he died.

Victor Mahu is known for his genre scenes of drinkers, card and board game players, dancers, musicians, peasants, cooks and maids, placed in tavern or kitchen interiors. His genre paintings are strongly influenced by those of his father whose work was close to that of Adriaen Brouwer, Adriaen van Ostade and David Teniers the Younger.

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