Edward Portielje

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Edward Portielje (born February 8, 1861 in Antwerp , † December 18, 1949 there ) was a Belgian genre painter .

He was born the son of the painter Jan Portielje and Eulalie Lemaire. His older brother Gerard Portielje also became a painter.

Edward Portielje received his first painting apprenticeship from his father. He attended the Atheneum in Antwerp and from 1873 took evening courses at the Academy a. a. attended Edward Dujardin . From 1877 to 1881 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Polydore Beaufaux , Charles Verlat and Nicaise de Keyser .

He married Jeanne Marie Cochet. After the end of this marriage, he married Rosa Hermans in 1888, with whom he had a son. He lived in Brussels during the First World War . In 1919 he returned to Antwerp.

Edward Portielje specialized in genre painting after graduating. He rarely painted portraits and seascapes. He found his inspiration mainly in fishing settlements in Zeeland. He created rows of pictures according to the wishes of the art dealers - Albert D'Huyvetter and Guillaume Campo. Almost all the pictures were created according to the same scheme - the rooms facing the sunny window, in the room some women in national costumes talking or doing their daily activities, often a fishing net was in the foreground as an indication of the occupation of the house owner. Such images were sold in many countries, including the United States .

He worked with Edouard de Jans and Joseph Dierickx on murals for the Antwerp World Exhibition in 1894.

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SURNAME Portielje, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Portielje, Edward Antoon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1949
Place of death Antwerp