Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar (1837 - 1902)
1837-09-24Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium1902-11-23Sint-Gillis, BelgiumBelgium
Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar
Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar was a Belgian Portrait painter. Jean Alfred was a member of the Cluysenaar family, an artistic family from Brussels. 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. He painted some important decorations in the Royal Zoo of Antwerp and in 1861-1876 he ornated the Aula in Ghent. 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.
Date and place of birt: | 24 september 1837, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
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Date and place of death: | 23 november 1902, Sint-Gillis, Belgium |
Nationality: | Belgium |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Draftsman, Graphic artist, Historian, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Genre art, History painting, Nude art, Landscape painting, Portrait |
Art style: | Academism, Realism |
Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Watercolor |