A Garden With Tulips, Daens Antoine, Brussels 1871 - 1946, Belgian School

A Garden with Tulips

Daens Antoine
Brussels 1871 – 1946
Belgian School
Signature: Signed bottom left and dated 1936

Dimensions: Image size 53 x 69 cm, frame size 61 x 77
Medium: Oil on canvas laid down on panel

Biography: Antoine Daens was born in Brussels in 1871. He studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Art.
Impressionist painter of landscapes, garden views, genre-scenes, figures, nudes, interiors, portraits and still lifes. He painted with oils and pastels. He was also illustrator.
Daens exhibited often at the Belgian venues, including the Brussels Gallery “La Palette” in 1918. He was named a professor at the Watermael-Boitsfort Academy of Fine Art, where he spent many years as a master teacher for various students.
Daens died in Brussels  in 1946.
His paintings can be found in private and public collections, including at the Museum of Fine Art in Brussels.

Literature: PIRON, ‘De Belgische Beeldende Kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw’, Uitgeverij Art in Belgium, p. 267.
G. PAS, ‘Biografisch lexicon plastische kunst in België’, Arto 2000, p. 180.