André Cluysenaar
Illustration — Self-portrait (c.1910) • Illustration — Herbert Henry Asquith (c.1919) André Edmond Alfred Cluysenaar (31 May 1872, Saint-Gilles - 17 April 1939, Uccle) was a Belgian painter. He was especially known for portraits and female figures.
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André Cluysenaar
Anonymous Unknown author · catalogue exposition 1939 · CC0
- Born
- 1872 · Saint-Gilles.
- Died
- 1939 · Uccle.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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Illustration — Self-portrait (c.1910) • Illustration — Herbert Henry Asquith (c.1919) André Edmond Alfred Cluysenaar (31 May 1872, Saint-Gilles - 17 April 1939, Uccle) was a Belgian painter. He was especially known for portraits and female figures.
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Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by André Cluysenaar is recorded in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Musée d'Orsay, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
He was member of the Cluysenaar family, descendant from a long line of architects who originated in Aachen, where the family name was spelled "Klausener". Perhaps the best-known among these was his grandfather Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar. His wife, Alice Gordon, was related to Lord Byron. He received his first art lessons from his father, then studied with François-Joseph Navez. Initially, he worked as a sculptor, but devoted himself entirely to painting after 1902. He was firmly grounded in the romantic style at first; producing still lifes and genre scenes, but later turned to impressionism and painted mostly female figures, often semi-nude. He also executed monumental ceiling paintings for the City Hall in Saint-Gilles. During World War I, he lived in London where he established a reputation painting portraits of notable people, including the Royal Family, which were done in a more commercial style using Alfred Stevens as a model. Most of these portraits may be seen in the National Gallery.
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• 1919: Knight of the Order of Leopold. • 1934: Officer in the Order of the Crown.
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