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François-Joseph Navez (16 November 1787, in Charleroi – 12 October 1869, in Brussels) was a Belgian neo-classical painter.[1]
Biography
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François-Joseph Navez was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, he spent five years in Italy between 1817 and 1822. Between 1835 and 1862 he was the director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
He was a very successful portrait painter. He also painted many mythological and historic subjects.
The orientalist painter Jean-François Portaels was his pupil (and son-in-law).
Jean Carolus, the Belgian painter of genre scenes and interiors, was a protege of François-Joseph Navez.
Navez was elected a fourth class member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands in 1826, he became a supernumerary associate in 1841 and resigned in 1851.[2]
Main works
- 1816 : Sainte Véronique de Milan, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent.
- 1816 : La Famille de Hemptinne, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium.Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
- 1819 : Scène de musique, Museum of Grenoble.[3]
- 1821 : Scène de brigands, Private collection.
- 1829 : La Nymphe Salmacis et Hermaphrodite, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent.[4]
- 1830 : Songe d'Athalie, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1831 : Portrait d'un jeune homme songeur
- 1832 : Portrait of Theodore-Joseph Jonet and his two daughters, Groeningemuseum, Bruges.[5]
- 1836 : Portrait de David, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
- 1844 : Notre-Dame des Affligés, Chiesa di S. Antonio, a Charleroi.
- Trois Dames de Gand, Louvre, Paris.
Gallery
The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
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Sources
- P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 488–489.
- P. & V. Berko, "19th Century European Virtuoso Painters", Knokke 2011, p. 511, illustrations p. 421.
References
- ^ http://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00129084
- ^ "François Joseph Navez (1787 - 1869)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020.
- ^ www.latribunedelart.com, July 2019, Grenoble achète un tableau de Navez.
- ^ . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
- ^ https://www.museabrugge.be/en/virtual-tours/groeninge-zaal-6
External links
Media related to François-Joseph Navez at Wikimedia Commons
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