Edward Antoon Portielje (8 February 1861,

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– 18 December 1949, Antwerp) was a Belgian

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painter.

Biography

He was born to the painter Jan Portielje and his wife Eulalie (née Lemaire, 1828–1903). His older brother,

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, was also a genre painter. His first art lessons came from his father. Then he attended the and, from 1873, took after-school classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts with Edward Dujardin. From 1877 to 1881, he was a full-time student at the Academy under the tutelage of

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and

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. He was married twice, first to Jeanne Marie Cochet and then, in 1888, to Rosa Hermans, with whom he had a son. During

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he lived in

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, returning to Antwerp in 1919. Genre scenes were his speciality, with an occasional portrait or

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. Much of his inspiration came from the fishing communities in

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. Many of his works are a series of similar interior scenes, created according to the wishes of his agents, and Guillaume Campo (1880–1952). These generally consist of a room with a sunny window, occupied by women in traditional costume, engaged in some daily activity. These paintings were very popular, selling throughout Europe and the United States. In 1894, he worked together with

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and Joseph Dierickx to create murals for the Exposition Internationale d'Anvers.

Sources

* "Portieltje, Edward" in: ''Dictionnaire des Peintres Belges'
(Online)
* Patrick Berko, Viviane Berko; ''Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875''; Brussels : Laconti, 1981 * Paul Piron, ''De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw'', Art in Belgium, 1999

External links

More works by Portielje
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