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Edouard Agneessens (24 August 1842, Brussels – 20 August 1885, Uccle) was a Belgian painter[1] born in Brussels. He studied under Jean-François Portaels from 1859 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels,[2] and in 1869 won the Prix de Rome.[3] In 1868, he was one of the founding members of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.

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Agneessens later built up quite a career in Saint-Petersburg, but returned to Brussels in the 1880s. In the latter part of his life he suffered from a mental disorder.[3] His works include Standing Male Nude (1870, sold 16 November 1994), Ladies by a Piano (sold 15 October 1998) and Bloemenstilleven (sold 7 December 2002).

Honours

• 1881: Knight in the Order of Leopold.[4]

Sources

• P. & V. Berko, 1981: Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875, p. 11 Knokke
• P. Piron, 1999: De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw. Art in Belgium ISBN 90-76676-01-1
• Biographie Nationale, Koninklijke Academie van België, deel XXX

References

На других языках

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[de] Edouard Agneessens

Edouard Agneessens (* 24. August 1842 in Brüssel; † 20. August 1885 in Uccle) war ein belgischer Porträtmaler.

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- [en] Edouard Agneessens

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[es] Edouard Agneessens

Edouard Joseph Alexander Agneessens (Bruselas, 24 de agosto de 1842-Ukkel, 20 de agosto de 1885), fue un pintor belga.

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[fr] Édouard Agneessens

Édouard Joseph Alexandre Agneessens, né à Bruxelles le 24 août 1842 et décédé à Uccle le 20 août 1885, est un peintre belge et en particulier un excellent portraitiste.

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[it] Édouard Joseph Alexander Agneessens

Édouard Joseph Alexandre Agneessens (Bruxelles, 24 agosto 1842 – Uccle, 1885) è stato un pittore belga e in particolare un ottimo ritrattista.

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