Biography

Flemish painter. He was a pupil of the sculptor Michiel van der Voort I (1667-1737) and then of the Dutch painter Jan van Pee (before 1640-1710), who was active in Antwerp. Horemans joined the Guild of St Luke in 1706-07. He appears to have followed in the footsteps of the 17th-century Flemish genre painters, executing a few portraits and a large number of small anecdotal pictures that were highly prized on the market. In paintings such as the Village School and the Cobbler's Shop (both 1712; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum), the Musical Company (1715; Brunswick, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum) and the Card-players (Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi) he represented scenes from contemporary everyday life that combine observation with a certain degree of stiffness. Most of his paintings are signed.

In 1746, together with his son Jan Josef Horemans II who was his main pupil and worked closely in the style of his father, he painted the Abbot of St Michel Visiting the Order of the Fencing Oath (Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp).