Biography

Overview

Artist Overview

At-a-glance artist context.

Painter of genre scenes, figures, portraits and animals. Frans Verhas was a pupil of the Termonde and Brussels Academies. He was the son of Emmanuel Verhas, who gave drawing lessons at the Termonde Academy for more than thirty years. Frans Verhas lived in Paris for a long time and took part in several Salons. In 1867 he settled down in Brussels. He was influenced by Florent Willems and worked in a romantic style. Frans Vehas was the brother of Jan Verhas with whom he shared the love of a job well done, executed with care and dexterity with as main subjects neat worldly interiors with elegant ladies.

Museums

Museum Presence

Collections & Cities

Known institutional or city associations.

• Antwerp
• Brussels
• Ghent
• Liège
• Termonde

Literature

Further Reading

Bibliographic Reference

Source material for further study.

P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 745. P. & V. Berko, "19th Century European Virtuoso Painters", Knokke 2011, p. 519.