Art Society
Société Libre des Beaux-Arts
Société Libre des Beaux-Arts was an art society founded in 1868. This catalog holds 22 public-domain works by 4 of its members. Its artists are most associated with Academic Art.
About
Founded in Brussels in 1868, the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts was a progressive Belgian artist society established to champion realism and artistic freedom against the constraints of the Royal Academy. Its members, including Edouard Agneessens and Louis Artan, advocated for painting directly from nature and rejecting idealized academic conventions.
Associated movements
Member artists
Works by its members
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The mole -
Gaston Marchant, sculptor -
Snow -
Portrait of a Man -
Juliette Quénel -
Professor Paul Errera -
Portrait of the painter Isidore Verheyden -
Seascape -
Paul Sulzberger -
The Wreck -
The mouth of the river Scheldt -
Portrait of members of the Société libre des Beaux-Arts -
Foals in the Paddock -
Cows in a Pasture -
Seascape -
Morning -
After the Catching of Fish -
Climbing the Pole -
Turbulent Sea -
Mathilde Costermans -
César Costermans -
Madame Louis Claes et sa fille