#artist is jean francois portaels

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Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895) "Juive de Tanger" ("Jewish woman from Tangier") (1874) Oil on panel Orientalism Currently in a private collection

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art aesthetics: gothic

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A Sicilian Woman by Jean Francois Portaels. Oil on canvas, 1861.

Intended as a gift for Prince Albert by Queen Victoria for Christmas 1861. Osborn House, York Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK.

Jan Frans Portaels (1818-95) studied at the Brussels Academy under François-Joseph Navez, from 1836-40. He travelled widely in North Africa, resulting in a series of works in an oriental style. Upon his return to Belgium he was made director of the Academy in Ghent, in 1847.

He was the head of a studio in Brussels from 1858 to 1870, and was known as a liberal teacher; he rejected strict academic rules and encouraged a wide variety of approaches to painting. Portaels thus exercised a considerable influence over the younger generation of Belgian artists. He resigned as Professor of Painting and Drawing at the Brussels Academy, a post held from 1863 to 1865, in order to devote himself to his private practice.

As well as paintings inspired by biblical subjects, Portaels painted a number of portraits and figures in an elegant, finished style, such as this work of Sicilian women of 1861.

In 1878 he was appointed Director of the Brussels Academy, a post he held until his death.

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Jean Francois Portaels (b.1818 - d.1895), 'The Tambourine Player in Repose', oil on panel, no date (possibly after the artist's 1840s excursions through Egypt/Algeria/Morocco), Belgian, sold for $37,500 USD in Bonhams 19th Century European Paintings sale, November 2018; New York, NY; USA.

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These are master studies from a lonely night-shift at work. Done in ballpoint pen. Here are the master artists that I referenced in order of appearance:

Nathaniel Sichel

Ludwig Deutsch

Jean-Francois Portaels

Francesc Masriera

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Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895) "Reflection (Young Hungarian woman in traditional dress)" Oil on canvas Currently in a private collection

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Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895) "A Sicilian Bride" (1861) Oil on canvas

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Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895) "Maiden of the Harvest" (1870) Oil on panel

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Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895) "Portrait of a young girl with a mask" (1886) Oil on panel Orientalism Currently in a private collection