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Birth
1818 (Vilvoorde, Belgium)
Death
1895 (Schaerbeek, Belgium)
Lived/Active
Belgium/France
Self portrait -
Often Known For
Orientalist painting, figure and genre, teaching
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Jean-François Portaels (3 April 1818 - 8 February 1895) was a Belgian orientalist painter and director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
Portaels was born in Vilvoorde. His father, a rich brewer, sent him to study at the Royal Academy, whose director, François Navez, took him on soon after in his own workshop. About 1841 Portaels went to Paris, where he was well received by Paul Delaroche.
After his return to Belgium, he won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1842. He then (showing 500 of 2724 characters). |
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