Seascape with Pier and Lighthouse of Monaco Harbour

Daens Antoine was an impressionist painter of landscapes, garden views, genre-scenes, figures, nudes, interiors, portraits and still lifes. He painted with oils and pastels. He was also illustrator.

Antoine Daens was born in Brussels in 1871. He studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Art.

Daens exhibited often at the Belgian venues, including the Brussels Gallery “La Palette” in 1918. He was named a professor at the Watermael-Boitsfort Academy of Fine Art, where he spent many years as a master teacher for various students.

Daens died in Brussels in 1946.

His paintings can be found in private and public collections, including at the Museum of Fine Art in Brussels.

Literature:

267. PIRON, ‘De Belgische Beeldende Kunstenaars uit de 19^de en 20^ste eeuw’, Uitgeverij Art in Belgium, p. 267.
268. en G. PAS, ‘Biografisch lexicon plastische kunst in België’, Arto 2000, p. 180.