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Agapit Stevens

Belgian painter (–)

Agapit Pierre Jean Joseph Stevens (née&#;Agapit Pierre Jean Joseph Van Gotsenhoven; 21 October – 19 February ) was a Belgian painter of glamorous women in interiors, genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes, still lifes and Orientalist scenes depicting odalisques, dancers and harem musicians.[1]

Life

Agapit Stevens was born on 21 October in Brussels and was registered under the name Agapit Pierre Jean Joseph Van Gotsenhoven.

As his parents Jean Daniel Stevens and Marie Van Gotsenhoven were unmarried at the time of his birth he was registered under his mother's name.

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His parents were married on 24 August in Brussels. On this occasion his birth was legalised and he was from then on named Stevens. His father was a painter of genre scenes.[2] His brother (Alphonse Jacques) René Stevens was born on 25 April in Ixelles and also became a painter.[1][3]

On 11 March , he married Marie Mélanie Desmares in Elsene.

The couple had at least two children. His wife died on 13 February in Etterbeek.

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He married Joséphine Loriaux as his second wife on 16 December in Elsene.[2]

He was a member of L'Essor, an artists' association in Brussels founded on 4 March by students of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. The association held many exhibitions of its members and other artists in Brussels and elsewhere in Belgium.[4]

He died in Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels on 19 February [1]

Work

Agapit Stevens painted glamorous women in interiors, genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes, still lifes and Orientalist scenes depicting odalisques, dancers and harem musicians.[1] His Orientalist paintings appear to be studio works rather than the product of a visit to the Orient.[5]

He was much less well known than his namesake the Belgian painter Alfred Stevens (), who was a successful portrait and genre painter working primarily in Paris during the belle époque.

As Agapit Stevens signed his works with "A. Stevens" and the two artists shared a Realist style and the same subject matter of glamorous women, the works of the artists are sometimes wrongly attributed.

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The confusion between the two artist was such that the Orde van de Nederlandschen Leeuw (Order of the Netherlands Lion) awarded by the Dutch king to Alfred Stevens in was erroneously sent to Agapit. The latter seems to have been reluctant to send the award back and the Belgian government threatened to sue Agapit in the matter.[6]

Gallery

  • Selected works

  • The snake dance

  • On the train to Paris

  • Still life with a fan

  • The bouquet

Notes

  1. ^ abcdAgapit Stevens at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  2. ^ abAgapit Stevens records at The State Archives in Belgium
  3. ^Alphonse Jacques René Stevens records at The State Archives in Belgium
  4. ^J.

    (Jules) Dujardin, and Josef Middeler, L'art Flamand, A. Boitte, Brussels, p. 32 (in French)

  5. ^Hervé, Lauret (–). "Peintres orientalistes belges".

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  9. ^Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, , 5 June , p. 2 (in Dutch)

References

  • Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; and Tegethoff, Wolf, eds. () "Stevens, Agapit".

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    • In Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. De Gruyter.

  • Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed. ().

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    "Stevens, Agapit". In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. Oxford Art Online.

  • Piron, Paul L. ().

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    De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw, Vol. 2: L–Z. Brussels: Art in Belgium.

  • Piron, Paul L. (). Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des xixe et xxe siècles, Vol. 2: L–Z. Ohain (Lasne): Art in Belgium. p.

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