Edouard Agneessens
Edouard Agneessens (born August 24, 1842 in Brussels , † August 20, 1885 in Uccle ) was a Belgian portrait painter .
He studied from 1856 to 1865 and from 1869 to 1870 at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles with François-Joseph Navez , and also privately in the studio of Jean-François Portaels .
After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance portrait artist in Brussels. He spent the years 1869 to 1871 in Saint Petersburg , where he portrayed many prominent people. He was a co-founder of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
Around 1875 he fell ill with a mental illness and in 1880 he stopped painting. His mental illness led to his premature death in 1885 at the age of 42.
literature
- Henri Hymans: Agneessens, Edouard . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 119–120 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Berko, Patrick; Berko, Viviane, Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875 ; Brussels: Laconti, 1981.
- L. Bénédite, G. Marius, De schilderkunst der XIXde eeuw , Amsterdam 1910, p. 285
Web links
Commons : Edouard Agneessens - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Edouard Agneessens. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Agneessens, Edouard in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agneessens, Edouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1885 |
| Place of death | Uccle |