Origin: Belgian

The works of genre and portrait painter Alfred Emile Léopold Stevens (not to be confused with English sculptor Alfred Stevens) are well represented throughout public museums and private collections. Most often his paintings feature women of society, their Parisian homes, or marine coastal scenes. The elegance of the belle epoche inspired some of his most…

An adventurous soul, inherited partially from his father explorer Jean-Baptiste-Leonard Durand, Henri Durand-Brager explored the world's reaches. If not for some fateful moments he would have probably settled into a naval career rather than that of an artist. His youthful travels included the coasts of Africa, Asia and South America, and his repertoire contains scenes…

Works by Margarite Rousseau exist in international auctions and galleries, while biographical information is presently proving elusive.

Recognized internationally, this important Belgian marine artist began drawing as a teenager while working as a laborer along the French coast. His early sketchbook opened the studio door of Baron Théodore Gudin, France's leading painter of sea battles, in 1838. Gudin had established many royal and state connections in Paris, where clays was his pupil.…