Léon-Eugène-Auguste Abry (1857-1905) was a Belgian painter who specialized in military scenes Dictionnaire des Peintres Belges
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Life and work

He was the son of a General in the Belgian Army. The family moved frequently, from post to post. His father died when he was fourteen, and he had some difficulty adjusting from military life to ordinary bourgeois society. Abry-Guard

He began preparing for a military career, but showed little enthusiasm, being attracted to drawing instead. From 1875 to 1878 he attended the

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, where he studied with

Nicaise De Keyser Nicaise de Keyser (alternative first names: Nicaas, Nikaas of Nicasius; 26 August 1813, Zandvliet – 17 July 1887, Antwerp) was a Belgian painter of mainly history paintings and portraits who was one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic- ...

and

Polydore Beaufaux Polydore Beaufaux (30 November 1829 – 7 May 1905) was a Belgian painter. He favored Biblical scenes, portraits and Genre art, genre pieces. He began by painting historical and genre scenes, but soon turned to humorous depictions of military life, taken from his own experiences. In 1881, he attempted to produce more serious works, but received a very negative response when he exhibited at the Brussels Salon in 1884. As a result, he decided to stay with military themes; slowly introducing non-humorous subjects. To achieve authenticity, he followed troops on their

maneuvers A military exercise or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations, either exploring the effects of warfare or testing strategies without actual combat. This also serves the purpose of ensuring the com ...

and visited the barracks to make sketches. He also painted several canvases showing the Belgian royal family as they observed military exercises. He was a co-founder of "", a secession group in Antwerp that included Emile Claus, Henry Luyten,

Edgard Farasyn Edgard Pierre Jozef Farasyn (also spelled Farasijn; 14 August 1858, in Antwerp – 22 March 1938, in Antwerp) was a Belgian painter, watercolorist, engraver and etcher who specialized in seascapes, landscapes, genre scenes and interior portraits ...

Evert Larock Everard Larock, known as Evert (21 May 1865 – 13 January 1901) was a Belgian Impressionist painter who belonged to the Secessionist art groups ''Als ik Kan'' and ''De XIII''. Life and work Larock was born in Kapelle-op-den-Bos. After much p ...

and

Frans Hens Frans Hens (1 August 1856, Antwerp – 11 May 1928, Antwerp) was a Belgian post-impressionist painter, draftsman and printmaker. He was one of the first European artists to paint in Sub-Saharan Africa. Life and work Hens was born in Antwerp and ...

. They held their first exhibition in 1891 and planned to continue indefinitely, but succeeded in having only three altogether.

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