Jean-François Portaels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian painter
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Place of Birth: Vilvoorde, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Jean-François Portaels
- Jean-François Portaels or Jan Portaels (3 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits and orientalist subjects.
- He was also a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent and the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
- He is regarded as the founder of the Belgian Orientalist school.
- He was praised in his time as the premier painter of 'everyday elegance and feminine grace'.
- Through his art, teaching and his leadership of the Académie Royale in Brussels he exerted an important influence on the next generation of Belgian artists, including his pupil Théo van Rysselberghe.
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Jean-François Portaels
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| Alternative names | Jan Frans Portaels | ||
| Description | Belgian painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 3 April 1818 | 8 February 1895 | |
| Location of birth/death | Vilvoorde | Schaerbeek | |
| Work location | Brussels (1841), Paris (1841), Florence (-, -), Morocco (1844-1847), Egypt | ||
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