Jean-François Portaels
(1818–1895) belgisk målare
Jean-François Portaels (Flanders/Belgium, 1818–1895) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jean-François Portaels belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean-François Portaels was born in Vilvoorde and died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Jean-François Portaels trained at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. The teachers included François-Joseph Navez and Paul Delaroche. Wikidata associates Jean-François Portaels with Orientalism and Post-romanticism. Jean-François Portaels became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. The awards include Prix de Rome, Knight of the Order of Leopold, Officer of the Order of Leopold, and Commander of the Order of Leopold. The students included Emil Adam, Fernand Cormon, Emile Wauters, and Théo van Rysselberghe.
The works belong mainly to the genre Orientalism. The catalogue has 61 works by Jean-François Portaels with free images. The dated works span the years 1840–1900. Works by Jean-François Portaels are held by several collections, among them Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien, Royal Collection, and Royal Collection of Belgium.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans, Charles Auguste Fraikin, Eduard Hildebrandt, Sergey Zaryanko, and Marchioness of Waterford Louisa Anne.