Alfred Stevens (painter)
19th-century Belgian painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens (11 May 1823 – 24 August 1906) was a Belgian painter, known for his paintings of elegant modern women. In their realistic style and careful finish, his works reveal the influence of 17th-century Dutch genre painting. After gaining attention early in his career with a social realist painting depicting the plight of poor vagrants, he achieved great critical and popular success with his scenes of upper-middle class Parisian life. He tended to use the same models over and over again, and not all of them were aristocratic. "At least three of his frequent models can be identified in the infamous Book of the Courtesans, a top secret leather bound book containing the surveillance files of the Paris vice squad," writes author Summer Brennan.
Alfred Stevens | |
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Born | Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens (1823-05-11)11 May 1823 |
Died | 24 August 1906(1906-08-24) (aged 83) |
Nationality | Belgian |
Known for | Painting |
Notable work | What is Called Vagrancy, The Psyché, The Parisian Sphinx |
Movement | Social realism, Realism, Orientalism, Dutch realism style |