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Dillens
Dillens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Alexander Dillens (1821–1877), Belgian painter, brother of Hendrick * Hendrick Joseph Dillens (1812–1872), Belgian painter * Julien Dillens (1849–1904), Belgian sculptor See also * Dillen {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Dillens
Julien Dillens (8 June 1849 – 24 December 1904) was a Belgian sculptor born in Antwerp, the son of the painter Hendrick Joseph Dillens. Biography Dillens studied under Eugène Simonis at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. In 1877 he received the Prix de Rome for ''A Gaulish Chief taken Prisoner by the Romans''. At Brussels, in 1881, he executed the groups entitled ''Justice'' and ''Herkenbald, the Brussels Brutus''. For the pediment of the orphanage at Uccle, Figure Kneeling (Brussels Gallery), and the statue of the lawyer Hippolyte Metdepenningen in front of the Palais de Justice at Ghent, he was awarded the medal of honor in 1889 at the Paris Universal Exhibition, where, in 1900, his ''Two Statues of the Anspach Monument'' gained him a similar distinction. For the town of Brussels he executed ''The Four Continents'' (Maison du Renard, Grand, Place), The Lansquenets crowning the lucarnes of the Maison de Roi, and the Monument at Everard 't Serclaes under the arcades of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Alexander Dillens
Adolf Alexander Dillens, a Belgian genre-painter, was born at Ghent in 1821, and received instruction from his elder brother Hendrik Dillens. His first works were of an historical nature, but he afterwards devoted himself to pictures illustrating Zealand peasant life. He died in 1877. Amongst his best works are: *''The Gossip at the Window''. *''Taking Toll at the Bridge'' (of this picture he painted three versions). *''Asking in Marriage''. *''A Fair at Westcapelle'' (at Paris International Exhibition, 1855). *''A Ball at Goes'' (at the same) *''The Juggler'' (at London International Exhibition, 1862). *''Skaters'' (in Brussels Museum Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...). *''Recruiting: Austrian Soldiers halting at a Tavern'' (in the same). References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrick Joseph Dillens
Hendrik Joseph Dillens (1812 in Ghent – 1872 in Brussels), a Belgian Genre works, genre painter. He executed several pleasing and spirited paintings, among the best of which are: *''The French Trooper caressing his Child''. *''The Capture of the Maid of Orleans''. *''An Old Man giving Counsel to Two Youths''. *''Consecration of a Church'' (with over 200 figures). References * Belgian genre painters 1812 births 1872 deaths Artists from Ghent 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists {{Belgium-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
