Emile Wauters

The 6th Duke d'Ursel painted by Emile Wauters, Collection of the Belgian Senate, Brussels. Emile Wauters (19 November 184611 December 1933) was a Belgian painter. He was born in Brussels. Successively the pupil of Portaels and Jean-Léon Gérôme, he produced in 1868 The Battle of Hastings: the Finding of the body of Harold by Edith.

Biography Wauters made a journey to Italy, but that the study of the old masters in no way affected his individuality was proved by The Great Nave of St. Marks (purchased by Leopold II of Belgium). As his youth disqualified him for the medal of the Brussels Salon, which otherwise would have been his, he was sent, by way of compensation, by the minister of fine arts, as artist-delegate to Suez for the opening of the canal, a visit that was fruitful later on. 1924: Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown Commander in the Order of Saint Michael Officer in the Legion of Honour Order of Merit of Prussia Knight in the Order of Franz Joseph Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium He was an honorary member of the Vienna, Berlin, and Munich academies, and corresponding member of the Institut de France and of that of Madrid.