André Hennebicq
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André Hennebicq (16 February 1836–31 March 1904) was a Belgian painter, specialising in historical pictures and murals. He trained under Joseph Stallaert in
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, his native town, and Jan Frans Portaels in the
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels ( ''(ArBA-EsA)''; ) is an art school in Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1711. Starting from modest beginnings in a single room in Brussels Town Hall, Brussels' Town Hall, it has since 1876 been operat ...
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. He won the Prix de Rome (Belgium) in 1865; the gold medal at Brussels in 1872 (for ''Travailleurs dans la campagne romaine'') and at Paris in 1874 (for ''Messaline, insultée par le peuple'').KIK-IRPA Dictionnaire des Peintres
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Further reading

* Hennebicq, Leon, 1937: ''La vie d’André Hennebicq. Peintre.'' Brussel: Ferdinand Larcier * Hermans, C., 1923: ''Annuaire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique'': Notice sur André Hennebicq 89, 101-11
online edition
* Masson, P., Van Grieken., J., & Vandekerckhove, V. 2004: ''In eer hersteld. De monumentale schilderijenreeks van André Hennebicq in het Leuvense stadhuis.'' Leuven: Stad Leuven 1836 births 1904 deaths Painters from Tournai Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels alumni {{Belgium-painter-stub