Edouard Agneessens
Edouard Agneessens (24 August 1842 – 20 August 1885) was a Belgian painter born in Brussels. He studied under Jean-François Portaels from 1859 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and in 1869 won the Prix de Rome. In 1868, he was one of the founding members of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
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Edouard Agneessens
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- Name
- Edouard Agneessens
- Born
- 24 July 1842
- Birthplace
- Brussels, Belgium
- Died
- 20 July 1885
- Place of death
- Uccle, Belgium
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Fields
- portrait
- Movements
- academic art
- Teachers
- Jean-François Portaels
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Leopold
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Edouard Agneessens (24 August 1842 – 20 August 1885) was a Belgian painter born in Brussels. He studied under Jean-François Portaels from 1859 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and in 1869 won the Prix de Rome. 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. His works include Standing Male Nude (1870), Ladies by a Piano, and Bloemenstilleven. He died in 1885 in Uccle.
Edouard Agneessens studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Training under Jean-François Portaels is recorded. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels, Russia and Saint Petersburg. Work by Edouard Agneessens is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, 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.
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Edouard Agneessens
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Edouard Agneessens
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• Name — Edouard Agneessens • Birth Name — Edouard Agneessens • Born — 24 July 1842 • Birthplace — Brussels, Belgium • Died — 20 July 1885 • Place of death — Uccle, Belgium • Occupation — painter • Education — Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
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• 1881: Knight in the Order of Leopold.
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- 1.Nouvelles diverses. L'Indépendance Belge. 28 juin 1863. inscription.
- 2.M.G. Vanzype. Edouard Agnessens. Persée. 1942.
- 3.E. Berger. Édouard Agneessens. Musée Félicien Rops. 2018.
- 4.Article auteur1=Moniteur Nominations Moniteur belge 135 18 mai 1881 1 lire en https://www.google.be/books/edition/Moniteur_belge/itwYZ1ZxMDcC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=arr%C3%AAt%C3%A9+royal+beaux-arts+officier+ordre+l%C3%A9opold+%221881%22&pg=PA1092&printsec=frontcover consulté le=13 juin 2024 .
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