Certificate of authenticity.
Subject: «Jeune fille dans un atelier d’artiste » (Young girl in an artist's studio)
Oil on panel (cm 29 x 40)
Signed: Impens
Josse Impens (Brussels 1840-1905)
Painter of interior scenes, portraits, nudes, city views, and genre scenes.
A student of J. Portaels at the "Académie de Bruxelles" (1853-56)(1858-61)
He favors portraits set in his « atelier » (studio).
His paintings are characterized by a harmonious and well-structured design.
Works present in the museums of Brussels: «Cabaret flamand»; Liège and Dunkirk.
Bibliography:
E.Bénézit
«Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs» (Dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers)
Ed.Grund (Vol 5: p.712)
«PIRON: Dictionnaire des Artistes Plasticiens de Belgique des XIX et XX siècles» (PIRON: Dictionary of Plastic Artists of Belgium of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Ed. Art in Belgium (p.740)
«ARTO: Dictionnaire Biographique Arts Plastiques en Belgique» (ARTO: Biographical Dictionary of Plastic Arts in Belgium)
Andrée Dessert –Corvol (pp. 187-189)
State of preservation: good
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