The Most notable Belgian artist is Alfred Stevens 1823?1906. He mostly painted genre and portrait paintings. He often lived in Paris and exhibited there regularly. His chief subjects, painted with admirable technique and color, were society women, fashionable Parisian interiors, and marine scenes. His Japanese Robe is in the Metropolitan Museum, and he is well represented in museums in Brussels and Marseilles. He is the author of Impressions sur la peinture (1886).
Other prominent Belgian artists are David Emile Joseph de Noter (1818-1892) ,Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven (1798-1881 ) and Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). |
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