Alfred Cluysenaar
Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar[1] (24 September 1837 in Brüssel – 23 November 1902 in Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis) was a Belgian Portrait painter
Jean Alfred was member of the Cluysenaar family an artistic family from Brussels. He is the son of Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar and Elisabeth Puttaert. He became the father of the painter André Cluysenaar.
He studied in the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels in the atelier of Joseph Jaquet and François-Joseph Navez.[2] He painted some important decorations in the Royal Zoo of Antwerp and in 1861-1876 he ornated the Aula in Ghent.[3] Cluysenaar was famous for his monumental decorations of high quality. Awarded in the expositions of Brussels, Ghent, Paris Vienna and London. Some of his paintings are kept in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Functions[]
- 1892-?: Director of the Academie de Beaux arts of St-Gilles.[4]
- Member of the Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes.
Works[]
- ca 1892: , portrait in the Senate.[5]
- 1892: Count , portrait in the Senate.[6]
- 1885: Le prince Albert et la princesse Joséphine, Royal Collection.[7]
Honours[]
- Knight in the Order of Leopold.
- Officer in the Legion of Honour.
References[]
- ^ Deces acte 611/ St Gillis reg of deceased.
- ^ https://www.rtbf.be/culture/arts/detail_le-musee-charlier-rend-hommage-aux-cluysenaar-famille-de-cinq-generations-d-artistes?id=8392868
- ^ https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/26028
- ^ Collectief (2016-01-20). Sint-Gillis: Acht eeuwen geschiedenis[sen]. 1216-2016. ISBN 9782804703493.
- ^ http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=X032001&objnr=20057370&nr=28
- ^ http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=X002118&objnr=20040101&nr=26
- ^ http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=&objnr=20058272&nr=29
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