Jules Victor Génisson (; 24 February 1805 - 10 October 1860) was a Belgian painter, chiefly known for his

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Biography

Born in

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, in Northern France, in 1805, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under

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. He travelled extensively throughout Western Europe, painting large sized church interiors. He was a teacher of

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and of his own son Georges-Paul Génisson. He died in Bruges in 1860.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Genisson, Jules Victor 1805 births 1860 deaths People from Saint-Omer 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists