Alfred Stevens

(1823–1906) belgisk målare

Alfred Stevens (Flanders/Belgium, 1823–1906) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Alfred Stevens belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Alfred Stevens was born in Brussels and died in 9th arrondissement of Paris. Alfred Stevens trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included François-Joseph Navez, Camille Roqueplan, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Alfred Stevens worked in Brussels, Paris, Paris, and Paris. Wikidata associates Alfred Stevens with French Realism. The awards include Commander of the Legion of Honour and Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold. The students included Mathilde Dupré-Lesprit, Augusta Dohlmann, Marie Henriques, and Sofie Holten.

The best-known works include ‘the widow’, ‘What is Called Vagrancy’, ‘Leidenschaftlicher Gesang’, and ‘Histoire du siècle’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 101 works by Alfred Stevens with free images. The dated works span the years 1832–1907. Works by Alfred Stevens are held by several collections, among them Tate, Clark Art Institute, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and Guildhall Art Gallery. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Francisco Laso, Jozef Van Lerius, Gustav Richter, and William Bradford.

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