Eduard Wallays (2 July 1813, in
Bruges – 28 January 1891, in Bruges) was a Belgian painter, graphic designer, and Director of the .
Biography
His father, Petrus Wallays (1764–1815), managed the grocery store at the
Grote Markt in Bruges. His mother, Francisca Dupont, was originally from
Kortrijk.
He was educated at the Bruges Academy, and the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. He also took classes with
Jozef Geirnaert
Jozef Geirnaert, also known as Jozef Lodewijk Geirnaert, Théodore-Joseph-Louis Geirnaert and Joseph Louis Geirnaert (27 August 1790, in Eeklo – 20 March 1859, in Ghent), was a 19th-century painter and draughtsman from Belgium. He is known fo ...
in
Ghent. From 1835 to 1839, he lived in Paris, studying with
Albert Gregorius and
Antoine-Jean Gros
Antoine-Jean Gros (; 16 March 177125 June 1835) was a French painter of historical subjects. He was given title of Baron Gros in 1824.
Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and began an independent artistic career during the French R ...
, among others.
In 1835, he married Marie-Joséphine Legendre (1813–1865), the daughter of an author named Jean Legendre. The year following her death, he married her sister, Anne-Marie.
From 1855 to 1887, he served as Director of the Bruges Academy.
Sources
* Jean-Luc Meulemeester, "Eduard Wallays en drie tekeningen uit het Steinmetzkabinet in Brugge", in: , 1986, pgs.196-200
* Guillaume Michiels, ''De Brugse School: Biografische aantekeningen en herinneringen over Brugse schilders uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw'', Westvlaamse Gidsenkring, 1990.
* ''Lexicon van West-Vlaamse beeldende kunstenaars'', Vol.2, pg.139, Vereniging van Westvlaamse Schrijvers, 1993
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1813 births
1891 deaths
Belgian painters
Belgian genre painters
Belgian history painters
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni
Artists from Bruges