See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• JEAN FRANCOIS PORTAELS (1818-1895)

PORTAELS (1818-1895)  , Belgian painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• VILVORDE

Vilvorde (See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant), in See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium, on the 3oth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1818 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• BREWER, JOHN SHERREN (1810-1879)

brewer, sent him to study in the See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, and the director, See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois Navez, ,ere See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long received him as a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil in his own studio . About 1841 See also:

• PORTAELS, JEAN FRANCOIS (1818-1895)

Portaels went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he was kindly received by See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul See also:

• DELAROCHE, HIPPOLYTE

Delaroche . Having returned to Belgium, he carried off the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Prix de See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1842 . He then travelled through See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• GREECE

Greece, See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco, See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria, See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, the See also:

• LEBANON
• LEBANON (from Semitic laban, " to be white," or " whitish," probably referring not to snow, but to the bare white walls ofchalk or limestone which form the characteristic feature of the whole range)

Lebanon, See also:

• JUDAEA

Judaea, See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary and See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway . On his return to Belgium in 1847 Portaels succeeded H . Vanderhaert as director of the academy at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent . In 1849 he married the daughter of his first See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, Navez, and in 185o settled at Brussels; but as he failed in obtaining the See also:

• POST

post of director of the academy there, and wished, nevertheless, to carry, on the educational See also:

• WORK

work begun by his father-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, he opened a private studio-school, which became of See also:

• GREAT

great importance in the development of Belgian See also:

• ART

art . He again made several journeys, spending some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in Morocco; he came back to Brussels in 1874, and in 1878 obtained the directorship of the academy which had so long been the See also:

• OBJECT

object of his ambition . Portaels executed a vast number of See also:

• WORKS

works . Decorative paintings in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St Jacques-sur-Caudenberg; biblical scenes, such as " The Daughter of See also:

• SION [Ger. Sitten]

Sion Reviled " (in the Brussels See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery), " The See also:

• DEATH

Death of Judas," " The Magi travelling to See also:

• BETHLEHEM
• BETHLEHEM (Heb. " House of Bread," or, according to a more questionable etymology, " of [the god] Lakhmu ")

Bethlehem," " See also:

• JUDITH, THE BOOK OF

Judith's See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

Prayer," and " The Drought in Judaea "; genre pictures, among which are " A See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

Box in the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre at See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest " (Brussels Gallery), portraits of officials and of the fashionable See also:

• WORLD

world, See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental scenes and, above all, pictures of See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy See also:

• FEMALE

female figures and of See also:

• EXOTIC (Gr. EWTIK6s, foreign, from few, outside)

exotic See also:

• LIFE

life . " His works are in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general full of a facile See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace, of which he is perhaps too lavish," wrote See also:

• THEOPHILE

Theophile See also:

• GAUTIER
• GAUTIER, EMILE THEODORE LEON (1832-1897)
• GAUTIER, THEOPHILE (1811-1872)

Gautier .

Yet his pleasing and abundant productions as a painter do not constitute Portaels's crowning merit . The high See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place his name will fill in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of contemporary Belgian art is due to his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence as a learned and clear-sighted instructor, who formed, among many others, the painters E . See also:

• WAUTERS, EMILE (1848– )

Wauters and E . Agneesens, the sculptor Ch. See also:

• VAN

van der Stappen, and the architect Licot . He died at Brussels on the 8th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1895 . See E . L. de Taeye, Peintres belges contemporains; J. du Jardin, L'Art flamand . (F .