Artist
Jan August Hendrik Leys
Belgian, 1815–1869
Jan August Hendrik Leys was a Belgian Biedermeier artist. 50 works are cataloged here, principally at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Jan August Hendrik Leys was born in Antwerp.
Henri Leys, Hendrik Leys or Jan August Hendrik, Baron Leys (18 February 1815 – 26 August 1869) was a Belgian painter and printmaker. He was a leading representative of the historical or Romantic school in Belgian art and became a pioneer of the Realist movement in Belgium. His history and genre paintings and portraits earned him a European-wide reputation and his style was influential on artists in and outside Belgium.
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