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Jules Victor Génisson

Jules Victor Génisson

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Jules Victor Génisson (French pronunciation: [ʒyl viktɔʁ ʒenisɔ̃]; 24 February 1805 - 10 October 1860) was a Belgian painter, chiefly known for his architectural painting.

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Interior of the Cathedral of Amiens, 1842, now in the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo

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Born in Saint-Omer, in Northern France, in 1805, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under Mattheus Ignatius van Bree. He travelled extensively throughout Western Europe, painting large sized church interiors.[1] He was a teacher of Joseph Maswiens and of his own son Georges-Paul Génisson.[2]

He died in Bruges in 1860.

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  1. [1]
    "Jules Victor Genisson (Belgian, 1805-1860)". Bonham's.
  2. [2]
    "Jules Victor Génisson". RKD.
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