Photograph of Hennebicq (undated)
André Hennebicq (16 February 1836–31 March 1904) was a Belgian painter, specialising in historical pictures and murals. He trained under Joseph Stallaert in Tournai, his native town, and Jan Frans Portaels in the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He won the Prix de Rome (Belgium) in 1865; the gold medal at Brussels in 1872 (for Travailleurs dans la campagne romaine) and at Paris in 1874 (for Messaline, insultée par le peuple).[1]
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Further reading
- Hennebicq, Leon, 1937: La vie d’André Hennebicq. Peintre. Brussel: Ferdinand Larcier
- Hermans, C., 1923: Annuaire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique: Notice sur André Hennebicq 89, 101-114 online edition
- Masson, P., Van Grieken., J., & Vandekerckhove, V. 2004: In eer hersteld. De monumentale schilderijenreeks van André Hennebicq in het Leuvense stadhuis. Leuven: Stad Leuven
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