Ignace Brice (2 April 1795–10 August 1866) was a neoclassic painter of

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and religious scenes from

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Career

Ignace Brice at first studied under his father, Antoine Brice, and at the

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, where he was strongly influenced by Jacques-Louis David, then in exile in Brussels – Ignace became known as "le David bruxellois". He followed his father as a professor at the Academy, and exhibited in Brussels in 1815, 1824, 1827, 1830 and 1833. He also exhibited in

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, Antwerp and

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, and was one of the founders of the Société des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. He was a

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and

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, and had a great talent for drawing. His style was sober and classical and, besides David's influence, he reminds the viewer of the

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painters of the 17th century such as

Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne (; 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674) was a Brabançon-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school. He was a founding member of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, the premier art ...

Family, marriage and issue

His father Antoine and his paternal grandfather Pierre-François were both painters. Pierre-François was born in the French village of

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, but left to settle in Brussels and become a painter at the court of Prince Charles-Alexandre of Lorraine. In Brussels on 25 August 1825, Ignace married Hortense van Dievoet (1804–1854), great-grandniece of the Brussels sculptor

Peter van Dievoet Peter van Dievoet (; French: Pierre, Dutch: Peeter, Latin: Petrus; 16611729) was a sculptor, statuary, wood carver, and designer of ornamental architectural features from Brussels. He achieved fame for his work on a number of the Baroque gui ...

and of

Philippe van Dievoet Sire Philippe Van Dievoet () called Vandive (), écuyer, (1654–1738) was a celebrated goldsmith and jeweller. He was goldsmith to King Louis XIV, councillor of the King, ''officier de la Garde Robe du Roi'' (officer of the King's wardrobe), trus ...

, known as Vandive, goldsmith to

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Gallery

File:De poelier. Rijksmuseum SK-A-1015.jpeg, ''The Poultryman,'' 1827, now in the Rijksmuseum. File:Brice Ritratto di signora.jpg, Portrait of a woman with a feather hat, signed "Brice". File:Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte by Ignace Brice.png, Portrait of

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader wh ...

File:Nonne au livre by Ignace Brice.png, Portrait of a nun holding a book File:Jean-Louis VAN DIEVOET (1777-1854) by Ignace Brice.jpg, Portrait of Jean-Louis van Dievoet (1777-1854), secretary of the Belgian Supreme Court (1777-1854), oil painting by Ignace Brice, 61 x 70 cm, influenced by Jacques-Louis David. File:Portrait Hortense Poelaert by Ignace Brice 1840.jpg, Hortense Poelaert (1815-1900), sister of the architect

Joseph Poelaert Joseph Poelaert (21 March 1817 – 3 November 1879) was a Belgian architect. He was entrusted with important projects in Brussels, such as Saint Catherine's Church, the Church of Our Lady of Laeken, the Congress Column, the Royal Theatre of la ...

and wife of Eugène van Dievoet (1804-1858), oil painting by Ignace Brice, 1840. (71 cm x 85 cm) File:Portrait d'Alphonse by Ignace Brice.png, "Portrait of Alphonse" File:Portrait de Jean-Baptiste VAN DIEVOET (1775-1862)(1856).png, Portrait of his father-in-law Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet (1775-1862) signed "Brice 1856" File:Portrait d'un écrivain à sa table de travail by Ignace Brice.png, "Writer at his desk" File:Portrait d'une fillette à la gerbe de fleurs by Ignace Brice.png, "Little girl holding flowers"

Works

Caveau BRICE-VAN DIEVOET, cimetière de LAEKEN

* Lithographic portrait of Thérèse Langhendries, superior of the hôpital Saint-Jean de Bruxelles * ''The young lady with her daughter in a garden'', national Salon of 1842 * Portrait of Louis-Xavier Gomand (1803–1875) * Portrait of Henri Joseph Meeûs, master-brewer, husband of Marie Madeleine van der Borcht. * ''The Magician'', oil on canvas, 120 x 108 cm. * Portrait of Adrien Joseph Eugène Oorlof.
Portrait of Hortense Poelaert (1815–1900), wife of Eugène van Dievoet (1804–1858), 1840, oil on canvas, 71 x 85 cm.

Portrait of Jean-Louis van Dievoet (1777–1854)
secretary to the Parquet de la Cour de Cassation (1777–1854), 61 x 70 cm, influenced by Jacques-Louis David.]
The Poultryman (1827), painting by Ignace Brice
exhibited at the Brussels salon in 1827, now at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
The Holy Family surrounded by angels, oils, 1818.
(now at the Centre Public d'aide sociale, Brussels).

Bibliography

* Paul De Zuttere, "Les Brice, peintres à Bruxelles aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles", in ''L'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes'', Bruxelles, n° 190, 1977, pp. 258–265. * Paul De Zuttere, "Contribution à l'œuvre des peintres Antoine et Ignace Brice", in ''L'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes,'' Bruxelles, n° 345, 2003, p. 113–121. * ''

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'', Société royale des beaux-arts et de littérature de Gand, Société royale d'agriculture et de botanique de Gand. Published by P.F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1879: page 469, "Ignace Brice (fils de maître)".

Career

Family, marriage and issue

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Works

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