Jan Francois Verhas (January 9, 1834-October 31, 1896) was a genre painter and is considered the founder of the School of Dendermonde,[1] best known for his paintings of children of the Belgian bourgeoisie, in a classical style but with a natural feeling to them. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year [2] Born in Dendermonde as the younger brother of painter Frans Verhas, he studied at the Academy of Dendermonde and the Academy in Antwerp, finishing with the Prix de Rome in 1860. Dendermonde ( French: Termonde, German: Dendermünde) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish An academy ( Greek Ἀκαδημία is an institution of higher learning research or honorary membership ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the This article concerns the French government prize For similarly named prizes aimed at other countries' nationals see Prix de Rome (disambiguation. The Belgian government commissioned him to travel to Venice where he made the painting "Velleda et la Bataille de Callao" in 1862. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the The next four years, he lived in Binche, where he married. Binche is a Walloon Municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. He then moved to Brussels. [3] Verhas was a regular of the Salons of the time, winning a second class medal in the Paris Salon Exposition of 1881, and a gold medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Salon (Salon or rarely Paris Salon (French Salon de Paris) beginning in 1725 was the official Art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from May 6, to October 31, 1889. He was made a Chevalier in the Legion of Honor in 1881. Jan Verhas died in Schaarbeek in 1896. Schaarbeek ( Dutch) or Schaerbeek ( French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium [4]
Paintings by Jan Verhas can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp and the City Hall of Dendermonde. The Museum of Fine Arts ( Dutch: Museum voor Schone Kunsten (MSK in Ghent, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp ( Dutch: Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) founded in 1810, houses a collection of A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or [5]
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