Polydore Beaufaux (30 November 1829 – 7 May 1905) was a Belgian painter. He favored Biblical scenes, portraits and
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"Polydore Beaufaux"
''The Anthenaeum''. Retrieved 2015-2-5.
Life
From 1844 to 1850, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp). In 1857, he won the Prix de Rome (Belgium)
The Belgian Prix de Rome ( nl, Prijs van Rome) is an award for young artists, created in 1832, following the example of the original French Prix de Rome. The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp organised the prize until 1920, when the national g ...
for painting. He used his prize money to make a study trip from 1859 to 1863, visiting France and Italy, where he did a portrait of Pope Pius IX.
The following year, he became a Professor at the Academy, where he taught a course entitled "Painting from Life". Léon Abry, Gerard Portielje and Edouard de Jans are among his best-known students. He exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon.
In 1889, he made a trip to England, then left Antwerp to settle in Wavre. A year later, he became paralyzed in his hands and could no longer paint.
Sources and further reading
* Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon
Thieme-Becker is a German biographical dictionary of artists.
Thieme-Becker
The dictionary was begun under the editorship of Ulrich Thieme (1865–1922) (volumes one to fifteen) and Felix Becker (1864–1928) (volumes one to four). It was complet ...
, Vol. 8, München-Leipzig (K.G. Saur Verlag), 1994.
* Léon Maret. ''Le peintre Polydore Beaufaux 1829—1905 Prix de Rome''. — S.l., 1967. — 45 pp.
References
External links
Arcadja Auctions: Polydore Beaufaux
1829 births
1905 deaths
19th-century Belgian painters
Belgian male painters
19th-century Belgian male artists
Academic staff of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
People from Court-Saint-Étienne
Prix de Rome (Belgium) winners
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni
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