Alfred Stevens (painter)

Alfred Stevens ( born May 11, 1823 in Brussels; † August 24, 1906 ) was a Belgian painter.

Stevens was a pupil of the painter Arthur Naves in Brussels. Through its support Stevens came later - also as a student - in Paris in the studio of the painter Camille Roque plan. Influenced by his teachers indulged Stevens in his early works still history painting, but soon found his own style in the genre painting.

With descriptions of the elegant Parisian life of the present, especially that of the boudoir Stevens could soon make a name. Audience, such as official art critics were full of praise. The Belgian King Leopold II commissioned Stevens with the decoration of a room with the four seasons. Stevens designed this in fresco technique and presented the seasons as women in modern dress dar. This work ( and parts of them ) he reproduced in oil later.

For years lived and worked in Paris and Stevens returned only a few years before his death, back to his hometown. There he died at the age of 83 years on August 14, 1906.

His brother Joseph Stevens (1816-1892) was a famous animal painter.

Works (selection)

• The Allegory of Spring
• The visit
• Dropped mask group on Ash Wednesday morning
• The consolation
• The innocence
• The New Year's Gift
• The morning in the countryside
• The Parisian Japanized
• The lady in the studio
• The Spring of Life