Emile Deckers
Émile Deckers (9 January 1885 – 6 February 1968) was a Belgian painter.
Emile Deckers
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- Name
- Émile Deckers
- Born
- 9 January 1885
- Birthplace
- Ensival, Belgium
- Died
- 6 February 1968
- Place of death
- Verviers, Belgium
- Education
- Académie royale des beaux-arts, Liège
- Occupation
- Painter
- Movement
- Orientalist
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Teachers
- Évariste Carpentier · Adrien de Witte · Auguste Donnay · Carolus-Duran
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Émile Deckers (9 January 1885 – 6 February 1968) was a Belgian painter.
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• Name — Émile Deckers • Born — 9 January 1885 • Birthplace — Ensival, Belgium • Died — 6 February 1968 • Place of death — Verviers, Belgium • Education — Académie royale des beaux-arts, Liège • Occupation — Painter • Movement — Orientalist
Life and career
Life and career
Émile Deckers was born at Enisval in Belgium on 9 January 1885. He received his art education at the Académie royale des beaux-arts in Liège. He was the recipient of many art prizes before the outbreak of the first world war. In 1921 he moved to Algiers, French Algeria, where he became an Orientalist painter. where he rapidly achieved a high level of popularity for his portraits.
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He executed many portraits of Algerian women. His portraits of Arab people are thought to be very authentic. His work has been auctioned by Christie's and Sotheby's.
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1885
Emile Deckers born at Verviers.
1968
Emile Deckers died at Verviers.
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- La peinture et la sculpture au pays de Liège de 1793 à nos jours. Mawet éditeur. 1930. 458651068.
- Les artistes de l'Algérie dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, 1830-1962. Editions de l'Onde : Association Abd-el-Tif. 2010. 9782916929279.
- Dictionnaire des Peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours depuis les premiers maîtres des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux et de la Principauté de Liège jusqu'aux artistes contemporains. La Renaissance du Livre. 1. 1995. 2-8041-2012-0.
- Jany Zeebroek - Ollemans. rédaction de l'article. DECKERS, Emile. Dictionnaire des Peintres belges. 1995.
- Fontana Frères. Directeurs-Gérants. Robert Migot. rédaction de l'article. Les Grands Peintres de l'Algérie. Émile Deckers. L'Afrique du nord illustrée : Grand Journal Hebdomadaire. Supplément à l'Afrique du nord illustrée du 31 mars 1923. 99 (nouvelle série, dix-huitième année). 24. Alger. Imp. Fontana Frères. 24 mars 1923.
- Fontana Frères. Directeurs-Gérants. L'exposition Émile Deckers. L'Afrique du nord illustrée : Grand Journal Hebdomadaire. 184 (nouvelle série, dix-neuvième année). Alger. Imp. Fontana Frères. 8 novembre 1924.
- Dictionnaire des peintres de l'École liégeoise du paysage. École liégeoise du paysage Éditions. 2014. 9782960045901.
- Hansly. rédaction de l'article. Julien Flament. rédacteur en chef. Alfred Lance. directeur. Les artistes de chez nous. Les peintres : Emile Deckers. Le Cri de Liège : tribune d'art, libre et indépendant. 39 (deuxième année). Liège. 27 septembre 1913.
- Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des. Éditions Art in Belgium. 1. 2003-2006. 9782930338118.
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