Ignace Brice (2 April 1795–10 August 1866) was a neoclassical painter of

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, portraits and religious scenes from

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Career

Ignace Brice at first studied under his father, Antoine Brice, and at the

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, where he was strongly influenced by

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...

, then in exile in Brussels – Ignace became known as "le David bruxellois". He followed his father as a professor at the Academy, and exhibited in Brussels in 1815, 1824, 1827, 1830 and 1833. He also exhibited in

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and

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, and was one of the founders of the Société des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. He was a genre painter and portraitist, and had a great talent for drawing. His style was sober and classical and, besides David's influence, he reminds the viewer of the Port-Royal painters of the 17th century such as

Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne (; 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674) was a Duchy of Brabant, Brabant-born French people, French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French art, French school. He was a founding member of the Académie royale de pein ...

Family, marriage and issue

His father

Antoine Antoine is a French language, French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton (name), Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is most common in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada ...

and his paternal grandfather Pierre-François were both painters. Pierre-François was born in the French village of Saint-Venant, but left to settle in Brussels and become a painter at the court of Prince Charles-Alexandre of Lorraine. In Brussels on 25 August 1825, Ignace married Hortense van Dievoet (1804–1854), great-grandniece of the Brussels sculptor

Peter van Dievoet Peter van Dievoet (; Dutch language, Dutch: ''Peeter van Dievoet'', French language, French: ''Pierre van Dievoet'', Latin: ''Petrus''; 16611729) was a Flemish Baroque sculptor, statuary, wood carver and designer of ornamental architectural elem ...

and of Philippe van Dievoet, known as Vandive, goldsmith to

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Gallery

File:De poelier. Rijksmuseum SK-A-1015.jpeg, ''The Poultryman,'' 1827, now in the

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. File:Brice Ritratto di signora.jpg, Portrait of a woman with a feather hat, signed "Brice". File:Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte by Ignace Brice.png, Portrait of

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

File:Nonne au livre by Ignace Brice.png, Portrait of a nun holding a book File:Jean-Louis VAN DIEVOET (1777-1854) by Ignace Brice.jpg, Portrait of Jean-Louis van Dievoet (1777-1854), secretary of the Belgian Supreme Court (1777-1854), oil painting by Ignace Brice, 61 x 70 cm, influenced by

. File:Portrait Hortense Poelaert by Ignace Brice 1840.jpg, Hortense Poelaert (1815-1900), sister of the architect

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and wife of Eugène van Dievoet (1804-1858), oil painting by Ignace Brice, 1840. (71 cm x 85 cm) File:Portrait d'Alphonse by Ignace Brice.png, "Portrait of Alphonse" File:Portrait de Jean-Baptiste VAN DIEVOET (1775-1862)(1856).png, Portrait of his father-in-law Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet (1775-1862) signed "Brice 1856" File:Portrait d'un écrivain à sa table de travail by Ignace Brice.png, "Writer at his desk" File:Portrait d'une fillette à la gerbe de fleurs by Ignace Brice.png, "Little girl holding flowers" File:Humorous interior scene with an elderly couple by Ignace Brice.jpg, "Humorous interior scene with an elderly couple"

Works

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ic portrait of Thérèse Langhendries, superior of the hôpital Saint-Jean de Bruxelles * ''The young lady with her daughter in a garden'', national Salon of 1842 * Portrait of Louis-Xavier Gomand (1803–1875) * Portrait of Henri Joseph Meeûs, master-brewer, husband of Marie Madeleine van der Borcht. * ''The Magician'', oil on canvas, 120 x 108 cm. * Portrait of Adrien Joseph Eugène Oorlof.
Portrait of Hortense Poelaert (1815–1900), wife of Eugène van Dievoet (1804–1858), 1840, oil on canvas, 71 x 85 cm.

Portrait of Jean-Louis van Dievoet (1777–1854)
, secretary to the Parquet de la Cour de Cassation (1777–1854), 61 x 70 cm, influenced by

.]
The Poultryman (1827), painting by Ignace Brice
exhibited at the Brussels salon in 1827, now at the

in Amsterdam
The Holy Family surrounded by angels, oils, 1818.
(now at the Centre Public d'aide sociale, Brussels).

Bibliography

* Paul De Zuttere, "Les Brice, peintres à Bruxelles aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles", in ''L'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes'', Bruxelles, n° 190, 1977, pp. 258–265. * Paul De Zuttere, "Contribution à l'œuvre des peintres Antoine et Ignace Brice", in ''L'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes,'' Bruxelles, n° 345, 2003, p. 113–121. * '' Messager des sciences historiques'', Société royale des beaux-arts et de littérature de Gand, Société royale d'agriculture et de botanique de Gand. Published by P.F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1879: page 469, "Ignace Brice (fils de maître)".

Career

Family, marriage and issue

Gallery

Works

Bibliography

See also