Juliaan De Vriendt
Belgian historical painter and Flemish activist
Juliaan Joseph de Vriendt was a Belgian painter and politician who was known for religious and historical paintings and portraits. As a politician he was involved in the Flemish Movement, being a prime instigator in getting Belgium to recognize Dutch as an official language in 1898, in addition to French. Having received his early training from his father at Ghent, he moved to Antwerp, where he soon yielded to the influence of the painter Baron Henrik Leys. His later became director of the Academy of Fine Arts at Antwerp.
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Master student
- Emile Vloors Student
Artworks by this artist
- Jerusalem 2 1880
- View from Mount Scopus in Jerusalem of the Dead Sea and the Moabite Mountains 1880
- Girl from Jerusalem in Oriental Costume
- Seated Man in the Desert 1882
- The Ring
- Jerusalem 1880
- Tomb on the Southern Side of the Kidron Valley 1880
- Jairus’ Daughter 1888
- Suffer the Little Children Come to Me 1923