Edouard Agneessens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edouard Agneessens

painter

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1842

Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1885

Profession: painter

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Edouard Agneessens (24 August 1842, Brussels – 20 August 1885, Uccle) was a Belgian painter born in Brussels.
He studied under Jean-François Portaels from 1859 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and in 1869 won the Prix de Rome.
In 1868, he was one of the founding members of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Agneessens later built up quite a career in Saint-Petersburg, but returned to Brussels in the 1880s.
In the latter part of his life he suffered from a mental disorder.
His works include Standing Male Nude (1870, sold 16 November 1994), Ladies by a Piano (sold 15 October 1998) and Bloemenstilleven (sold 7 December 2002).