Joseph-Denis Odevaere

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Joseph Odevaere
Byron's deathbed , Groeninge Museum , Bruges.

Joseph-Denis Odevaere (also Joseph-Dionysius Odevaere or Joseph Désiré Odevaere) (born December 2, 1775 or October 2, 1778 in Bruges , † February 26, 1830 in Brussels ) was a Flemish history and portrait painter and lithographer .

Life

He learned painting at the academy in his hometown. After receiving the Academy Prize in 1796, he became a student of Joseph-Benoît Suvée in Paris and in 1801 of Jacques-Louis David . With the "Death of Phokion " he won the Prix ​​de Rome in 1804 in the field of painting. After a short stay in Bruges, he traveled on to Rome, where he stayed from 1805–1812. He became a member of the Accademia di San Luca there . In 1813, again in Paris, he received the large gold coronation medal personally presented by Napoléon Bonaparte . In 1814 he became court painter to the Dutch King Wilhelm I.

In 1815 he traveled to Paris on behalf of the king to claim the works of art stolen from Belgium. He did his job well and was made a Knight of the Belgian Order of Lions. He was also a corresponding member of the Dutch Institute and a member of the Academy of S. Luca in Rome.

He was married to Marie-Colette Bosschaerts and had a daughter Julie-Colette Odevaere (* November 5, 1805, † September 25, 1845), who married the painter Victor Mottez (1809-1897).

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SURNAME Odevaere, Joseph-Denis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Odevaere, Joseph-Dionysius; Odevaere, Joseph Désiré
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1775 or October 2, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruges
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1830
Place of death Brussels