Aloïs Boudry was a Belgian painter , known for his portraits, still lifes, interiors, scenes of fishermen and characters in their environment. He first studied at the academy in Ypres, then in Roeselare and finally at the Academy of Antwerp with Nicaise De Keyser and J. From Lerius .

In 1885, he joined " If I Could ", an Antwerp association of visual artists who worked in the traditional way. He took part in the Brussels World's Fair of 1910 and gave an exhibition in Antwerp in 1906. There was also a painting of him exhibited at Kunsthalle Bremen in 1898.
When the Municipality of Heist in 1913 issued a brochure to promote the coastal town, the poster designed by Aloïs Boudry.

At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he fled to Britain, where he became known as a portraitist. He resided in 1917 in Italy. From that time dates Jeune italienne au bouquet de fleurs, painted on Capri in 1917.

He has received numerous awards, including an honorable mention at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889, the silver medal in Bordeaux 1895 and the silver medal in Brussels 1910,
He searched his subjects especially in poor neighborhoods. Many of his paintings describe the lives of fishermen in Newport.

His son Robert Boudry (1872-1961) and his grandson Paul Boudry (1913-1976) were also painters. His granddaughter Nele Boudry is a contemporary artist.

One can find his work back in the museums of Antwerp, Kortrijk and the National Fishery Museum of Oostduinkerke. The painting View of Whitby (1914-1918) was in 2006 bought by the city of Ypres.

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