Edouard de Jans

Edouard de Jans studied at Academy of Fine Arts Bruges. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome. Work by Edouard de Jans is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Groeningemuseum, Museum Plantin-Moretus and Rubenshuis.

• Name — Edouard de Jans • Birth Name — Edouard de Jans • Born — 16 April 1855 • Birthplace — Sint-Andries, Belgium • Died — 11 July 1919 • Place of death — Antwerp, Belgium • Occupation — Painter • Education — Bruges Academy of Fine Arts • Relatives — Luisa (daughter) • Illustration — Portrait of a Lady • Illustration — The Return of the Prodigal Son

His father was a farmer and miller. It is said that he first became interested in art when he saw a display in the window of a lithographer's shop. His talent was noticed at school, but came to little until a local aristocrat asked Jans to make drawings of a castle, "Steentien", which he was restoring. He was sufficiently impressed to offer Jans a chance to study at the local art school (the Bogardenschool). In his first year, he received orders for drawings from the Mayor and other notables. This made it possible for him to attend the Bruges Academy of Fine Arts in 1869, studying with the Director, Eduard Wallays. By 1873, he was a teacher at the Bogardenschool. Two years later, he was accepted at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) and placed in the Master Class, where his instructor was Nicaise De Keyser. He also studied genre painting with Polydore Beaufaux and Charles Verlat. Although he specialized in portraits, he also did Biblical scenes, history paintings and landscapes. In 1876, he received a scholarship from the Prix de Rome for his painting "Return of the Prodigal Son", which enabled him to travel throughout Europe, visiting France, Italy, Germany and Austria. When he returned to Antwerp in 1889, he was appointed a Professor at the Academy and held that position until his death. A street in Bruges is named after him. His daughter Luisa (1884-1968) also became a painter.

One work is recorded as notable: Academic study after a print: woman wearing a Phrygian cap. His recorded genre is portrait.