Alfred Cluysenaar
Illustration — Self-portrait (date unknown) Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar (24 September 1837 in Brüssel – 23 November 1902 in Saint-Gilles) was a Belgian portrait painter. Jean Alfred was a member of the Cluysenaar family, an artistic family from Brussels. He is the son of Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar and Elisabeth Puttaert.
Also recorded as Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar · Jean-André-Alfred Cluysenaar · Alfred Jean André Cluysenaar · Jean-Andre-Alfred Cluysenaar
Alfred Cluysenaar
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- Born
- 1837 · Brussels.
- Died
- 1902 · Saint-Gilles.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- painter · university teacher · artist
- Fields
- architecture
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- François-Joseph Navez · Léon Cogniet
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Leopold · Knight of the Legion of Honour
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Illustration — Self-portrait (date unknown) Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar (24 September 1837 in Brüssel – 23 November 1902 in Saint-Gilles) was a Belgian portrait painter. Jean Alfred was a member of the Cluysenaar family, an artistic family from Brussels. He is the son of Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar and Elisabeth Puttaert.
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He became the father of the painter André Cluysenaar. He studied in the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels in the atelier of Joseph Jaquet and François-Joseph Navez. He painted some important decorations in the Royal Zoo of Antwerp and in 1861–1876 he ornated the Aula in Ghent. Cluysenaar was famous for his monumental decorations of high quality. Awarded in the expositions of Brussels, Ghent, Paris Vienna and London. Some of his paintings are kept in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Alfred Cluysenaar studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under François-Joseph Navez and Léon Cogniet is recorded. The field of work recorded is architecture. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Alfred Cluysenaar is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Fin-de-Siècle Museum and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Leopold and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
• Illustration — Henri 't Kint de Rodenbeke, President of the Senate • 1892–?: Director of the Academie de Beaux arts of St-Gilles. • Member of the Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes.
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• ca 1892: Marie Camille Louis de Gonzague de Tornaco, portrait in the Senate. • 1892: Count Henri 't Kint de Roodenbeke, portrait in the Senate. • 1885: Le prince Albert et la princesse Joséphine, Royal Collection.
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Saint-Gilles.
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• Knight in the Order of Leopold. • Officer in the Legion of Honour.
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- 1.Deces acte 611/ St Gillis reg of deceased.
- 2.Le Musée Charlier rend hommage aux Cluysenaar, famille de cinq générations d'artistes. 3 November 2014.
- 3.Aula en universiteitsgebouwen.
- 4.Sint-Gillis: Acht eeuwen geschiedenis[sen]. 1216-2016. 2016-01-20. 9782804703493.
- 5.Portret van baron Marie Camille Louis de Gonzague de Tornaco, voorzitter van de Senaat (1879 - 1880).
- 6.Henri graaf 't Kint de Roodenbeke, voorzitter van de Senaat, 1892-1899.
- 7.Le prince Albert et la princesse Joséphine.
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