Eugène Joors (20 February 1850,

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- 23 October 1910,

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), was a Belgian painter in the realistic style.

Life and work

He studied from 1865 to 1870 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, where his teacher were

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and

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. In 1886, he became a teacher of

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painting, in cooperation with his friend

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. Among his pupils was the German painter

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.Eugène Joors
at

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(RKD) He executed both the traditional, carefully arranged still lifes and the more natural-appearing floral variety as well as a great variety of landscapes, portraits and

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scenes. From 1879, he was a regular exhibitor in Antwerp and abroad, receiving a gold medal at a show in Munich where one of his paintings was bought by Prince Luitpold. He also assisted

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in producing his famous panorama of the

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. He was awarded the

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and a street in Borgerhout is named after him.

Selected paintings

File:Joors Girl.jpg, A Girl with Cherries (1879) File:Joors pigeons.jpg, Pigeons (1885) File:JoorsThe reward.jpg, The Reward (1886) File:Moors Lady with parrot.jpg, Lady with Parrot (c.1890)

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ArtNet: More paintings by Joors
1850 births 1910 deaths Belgian still life painters 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists 20th-century Belgian painters People from Borgerhout 20th-century Belgian male artists {{Belgium-painter-stub

Life and work

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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