Eduard Wallays
Illustration — A Session of the Court Eduard Wallays (2 July 1813 in Bruges – 28 January 1891 in Bruges) was a Belgian painter, graphic designer, and Director of the Bruges Academy of Fine Arts. His father, Petrus Wallays (1764–1815), managed the grocery store at the Grote Markt in Bruges. His mother, Francisca Dupont, was originally from Kortrijk.
Also recorded as Edouard Auguste Wallays
Eduard Wallays
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- Belgium
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- painter · draftsperson
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts Bruges
- Known for
- Academic study after a sculpture: Discophoros
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Leopold
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Born at Bruges in 1813, died in Bruges in 1891.
Eduard Wallays studied at Academy of Fine Arts Bruges. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Bruges. Works named in the authority record are Academic study after a sculpture: Discophoros. Work by Eduard Wallays is recorded in the collections of Groeningemuseum, Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee and Musea Brugge. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Leopold.
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- 1.État-civil de Bruges. agatha.arch.be. 2025.
- 2.Depuis que le Moyen-Âge est à la mode - Het neogotisme in de romantische salonschilderkunst van Edward Wallays (1813-1891) en andere schilders aan de Brugse academie tussen 1830 en 1866. Handelingen van het Genootschap voor Geschiedenis. 149. 1. 105-153 lire en. 2012.
- 3.État-civil de Bruges. agatha.arch.be. 2024.
- 4.Revue Salon de Bruxelles de 1848. D. Raes. 1848.
- 5.Salon de Bruxelles. L'Indépendance belge. 254. 2 lire en. 10 septembre 1848.
- 6.Salon de Gand de 1835 (XVI). D.J. Vanderheghen. 1835.
- 7.Exposition de Bruges de 1837. Terlinck et fils. 1837.
- 8.Salon de Gand de 1838. D.J. Vanderheghen-Hulin. 1838.
- 9.Exposition nationale des Beaux-Arts : explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, dessin et lithographie des artistes vivans, exposés au Salon de 1839. Demortier frères. 1839.
- 10.Exposition nationale des Beaux-Arts : explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, dessin et lithographie exposés au Salon de 1842. Demortier frères. 1842.
- 11.Exposition nationale des Beaux-Arts : explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, dessin et lithographie exposés au Salon de 1845. Demortier frères. 1845.
- 12.Exposition nationale des Beaux-Arts : explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, dessin et lithographie exposés au Salon de 1848. J-B-J De Mortier. 1848.
- 13.Catalogue du Salon d'Anvers. Henri Verbeckt. 1849.
- 14.Exposition nationale des Beaux-Arts de 1851, catalogue explicatif. G. Stapleaux. 1851.
- 15.Catalogue du Salon d'Anvers. Henri Verbeckt. 1858.
- 16.Salon de Gand de 1859 ( ). Eug. Vanderhaeghen. 1859.
- 17.Exposition nationale des beaux-arts. Journal de Bruxelles. 292. 1 lire en. 18 octobre 1860.
- 18.Wallays. salons.musee-orsay.fr. 2025.
- 19.Een gezich op het gruuthusepaleis door Edouard Auguste Wallays. museabrugge.be. 2025.
- 20.L'ordre de Léopold. Lucien Hochsteyn. 1887.
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