Isidore Verheyden
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Isidore Verheyden was a Belgian
painter of landscape
s, portrait
s and still life
. He was a member of Les XX
from 1884 to 1886. He was the son of painter Jean-François Verheyden; his first teacher at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
in Brussels
was Joseph Quinaux
, and in 1866 he entered the studio of Jean-François Portaels
for further study.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
painter of landscape
Landscape
Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...
s, portrait
Portrait
thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
s and still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
. He was a member of Les XX
Les XX
Les XX was a group of twenty Belgian painters, designers and sculptors, formed in 1883 by the Brussels lawyer, publisher, and entrepreneur Octave Maus. For ten years 'Les Vingt' , as they called themselves, held an annual exhibition of their art; each year twenty international artists were also...
from 1884 to 1886. He was the son of painter Jean-François Verheyden; his first teacher at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
The Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels is an art school, founded in 1711.The faculty and alumni of ARBA include some of the most famous names in Belgian painting, sculpture, and architecture: James Ensor, Rene Magritte, and Paul Delvaux...
in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
was Joseph Quinaux
Joseph Quinaux
Joseph Quinaux was a Belgian painter, known especially for his landscapes.Quinaux was born in Namen. He was a lecturer and teacher of painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1876 until his death in Schaarbeek in 1895, conducting the landscape class. Among his pupils were...
, and in 1866 he entered the studio of Jean-François Portaels
Jean-François Portaels
Jean-François Portaels was a Belgian orientalist painter and director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.- Life :...
for further study.
Reference
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