Jacques Maes - Artist Info

About Jacques Maes

  • Biography

    Jacques Maes was born in Ixelles, Belgium in 1905. He was a painter and watercolorist of portraits, figures, landscapes and still life paintings. He was also a highly sought after designer and muralist.

    He studied at the Brussels Academy from 1919 to 1923 with J. Delville, H. Richter, C. Montald and G. Combaz.

    He became a professor at the Academy of St. Josse-ten-Noode in 1955 and had as students, Louis Van Lint, Anne Bonnet and Gaston Bertrand, who all became renowned Belgian artists. He also became a professor at the Brussels Academy in 1954.

    Maes participated in numerous national and international exhibitions, notably The Bicentennials at Venice and Sao Paolo. In 1924, he won the prestigious award, ...

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