Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck
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Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck (born October 25, 1873 in Portici , Italy , † January 27, 1965 in Brussels ) was a Belgian painter. Van Biesbrock is known for landscape paintings and portraits , as well as for sculptures.
He acquired his first artistic skills from his father Jules Evarist van Biesbroeck . He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent with Kuhnen and made his debut in 1888 at the age of 15 at the Salon des Champs-Elysées in Paris with his large-format painting “Le lancement d'Argos”, which caused a scandal. He exhibited his sculptures for the first time in 1895. Like his father, he became a professor at the Academy in Ghent. He used a trip to North Africa in 1926 to deal with topics from the Orient. He mainly experimented with lighting effects in his pictures. Until 1935 he also had a studio in Algiers .
JP van Biesbroeck also had more intensive contacts with the socialist workers' movement in Ghent.
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| SURNAME | Biesbroeck, Jules Pierre van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portici , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1965 |
| Place of death | Brussels , Belgium |