1903 Edouard De Jans - Portrait Of A Lady

Edouard de Jans (16 April 1855, in

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– 11 July 1919, in

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) was a

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portrait and

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painter.

Biography

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 ). In his first year, he received orders for drawings from the Mayor and other notables. This made it possible for him to attend the 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

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and placed in the Master Class, where his instructor was

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. He also studied genre painting with Polydore Beaufaux and

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. Although he specialized in portraits, he also did Biblical scenes, history paintings and landscapes. In 1876, he received a scholarship from the

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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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jans, Edouard de 1855 births 1919 deaths Belgian portrait painters Flemish portrait painters 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists 20th-century Belgian painters Painters from Bruges 20th-century Belgian male artists

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