Frans Verhas (1832-1897)

Aliases: Jan Verhas; Jan Frans Verhas

Professions: Porträtmaler; Painter; Genre Painter

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  FRANS VERHAS BELGIAN, 1827-1897 TEA TIME

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  Frans Verhas (Belgian, 1827-1897)

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  JAN FRANÇOIS VERHAS BELGIAN, 1834-1896 JEUNE FILLE A LA POUPEE ET OMBRELLE

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  Frans Verhas , Belgian 1827-1897 the new bracelet oil on panel

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Frans Verhas Biography

(b Dendermonde, 1832; d Schaerbeek, Brussels, 22 Nov 1897). Having trained with his father, he studied in Brussels before settling permanently at Schaerbeek in 1867. In Brussels he specialized almost exclusively in producing genre paintings of bourgeois subjects. His compositions were skilfully executed and he showed a keen eye for detail, portraying sumptuous interiors decorated with tapestries, satins, animal pelts and marble as a backdrop to playing children and elegant women dressed in crinolines, or striking aristocratic poses: for example The Lion (1874; Ghent, Mus. S. Kst.) and the Inconsolable Woman (1878; Antwerp, Kon. Mus. S. Kst.). He also painted historical subjects, which he treated with a powerful sense of realism (e.g. Louis XIV before Dendermonde in 1667 , 1881; and the League of Noblemen ; both Dendermonde, Stadhuis), and executed portraits (e.g. Mariam Van Duyse , 1852; Dendermonde, Vrouwekerk).

(b Dendermonde, 9 Jan 1834; d Brussels, 31 Oct 1896). Brother of (1) Frans Verhas. Having trained with his father, he studied at the Antwerp Academie under Nicaise De Keyser and Jan Verschaeren (1803–63) from 1853 to 1860. He then went to Brussels and was placed second in the Prix de Rome in 1860. In Rome in 1862 he painted two works, commissioned by the Belgian government: Velleda and the Battle of Callo, 20 June 1638 (Beveren, Gemeentelijk Mus.). On returning to Belgium from Italy (and after a period in Paris) he lived in Binche from 1864 to 1867 and was married there; one of his daughters later married the Belgian landscape painter Ghisbert Combaz (1869–1941).

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