Born on Could 11, 1823, in Brussels, Alfred Emile Stevens or Alfred Stevens was a world well-known and a famous painter. His father was an previous officer within the service of William I of Netherlands (1772-1843). The artist’s brother Joseph Stevens was additionally a fantastic painter of canines and canine’s life. Owing to his personal eager curiosity in photos, Alfred’s father enthusiastically permitted his son to groom and pursue his artistic propensity. The artist began drawing within the studio of the Neo-Classical Belgian painter Francois Navez (1787-1869), the then director of the Brussels Academy. In 1844, Alfred Stevens moved to Paris and labored underneath the French painter Camille Roqueplan (1802-55), a buddy of his father. Alfred Stevens even took the portray courses at Ecole des Beaux-Arts underneath the competent steering of French Neo-Classical painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), who was a professor there.
‘A Soldier in Bother’ (1849) was Alfred’s debut portray in Brussels. The identical 12 months he went again to Paris and settled there completely. He began exhibiting his portray within the Salons. After that, he painted his very well-known ‘Ash – Wednesday Morning, Burghers and the Nation Folks, An Artist in Despair, and The Love of God.’ In 1855, Alfred Stevens exhibited on the Antwerp Salon with one of his work right here being ‘At Dwelling.’ The work demonstrated the painter’s penchant in the direction of modern girls. The identical 12 months, he displayed his excellent artistic aptitude on the Nice Exhibition of Paris too. His revert to feminine oriented themes in 1857, distinctly laid his future creative graph. The artist delivered a superb selection of eighteen works capturing his distinctive fashion, on the Nice Exhibition of 1867. Some of the beautiful work have been ‘Woman in Pink,’ (1867) ‘Comfort,’ (1857) ‘Each Good Fortune,’ ‘Miss Fauvette,’ ‘Ophelia’ and ‘India in Paris.’ On the Paris Worldwide Exhibitions, 1878 & 1889 and on the Historic Exhibition of Belgian Arts, Brussels, 1880, he exhibited ‘The 4 Seasons,’ ‘The Parisian Sphinx,’ ‘The Japanese Gown,’ and ‘The Woman Hen.’
Alfred Stevens certainly belonged to the block of nice painters as he very diligently and competently executed his works. The output of his meticulous method was exemplary. Not solely Belgian, but in addition a number of international painters felt inspired to check his strategies. Alfred’s work have been an enormous hit all by way of the world. He was awarded a number of recognitions and honors. On August 29, 1906, Alfred handed away. Alfred Stevens’ work and drawings fetch praises from even the current day painters.
