Jules Victor Génisson (; 24 February 1805 - 10 October 1860) was a Belgian painter, chiefly known for his
architectural painting
Architectural painting (also Architecture painting) is a form of genre painting where the predominant focus lies on architecture, including both outdoor and interior views. While architecture was present in many of the earliest paintings and illumi ...
.
Biography
Born in
Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audomar, ...
, in Northern France, in 1805, he studied at the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under
Mattheus Ignatius van Bree
Mattheus Ignatius van Bree ( Antwerp, 1773 – Antwerp, 1839) was a Belgian painter. He was one of the founders of the historical school of painting in Belgium and played an important role as a teacher in the development of 19th-century Belgian ...
. He travelled extensively throughout Western Europe, painting large sized church interiors. He was a teacher of
Joseph Maswiens and of his own son
Georges-Paul Génisson.
He died in Bruges in 1860.
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1805 births
1860 deaths
People from Saint-Omer
19th-century Belgian painters
Belgian male painters
19th-century Belgian male artists