
15 works by Jean François Portaels (Belgian, 1818–1895) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Jean-François Portaels or Jan Portaels was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits and Orientalist subjects. He was also a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent and the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He is regarded as the founder of the Belgian Orientalist school. During his time, he was praised as the premier painter of 'everyday elegance and feminine grace.' Through his art, teaching, and his leadership of the Académie Royale in Brussels, he exerted an important influence on the next generation of Belgian artists, including his pupil Théo van Rysselberghe.
Most of Jean François Portaels's work on the site falls under Figurative (11), Portraits (3), Religion (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Realism (11), Impressionism (4).
Culture: Belgian (15).
By orientation: 15 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1861 to 1889.
Every artwork here can be downloaded as the original high-resolution file, or ordered as a Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print from $21.99, shipping included.
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.
Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.