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Edouard Agneessens | |
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Born | Edouard Agneessens 24 July 1842
Brussels, Belgium |
Died | 20 July 1885
Uccle, Belgium | (aged 42)
Education | Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts |
Occupation | painter |
Edouard Agneessens (24 August 1842, Brussels – 20 August 1885, Uccle) was a Belgian painter [1] born in Brussels. He studied under Jean-François Portaels from 1859 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, [2] and in 1869 won the Prix de Rome. [3] In 1868, he was one of the founding members of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
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. [3] His works include Standing Male Nude (1870, sold 16 November 1994), Ladies by a Piano (sold 15 October 1998) and Bloemenstilleven (sold 7 December 2002).
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Edouard Agneessens | |
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Born | Edouard Agneessens 24 July 1842
Brussels, Belgium |
Died | 20 July 1885
Uccle, Belgium | (aged 42)
Education | Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts |
Occupation | painter |
Edouard Agneessens (24 August 1842, Brussels – 20 August 1885, Uccle) was a Belgian painter [1] born in Brussels. He studied under Jean-François Portaels from 1859 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, [2] and in 1869 won the Prix de Rome. [3] In 1868, he was one of the founding members of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
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. [3] His works include Standing Male Nude (1870, sold 16 November 1994), Ladies by a Piano (sold 15 October 1998) and Bloemenstilleven (sold 7 December 2002).