Émile Deckers
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Born9 January 1885
Ensival, Belgium
Died6 February 1968 (aged 83)
Verviers, Belgium
EducationAcadémie royale des beaux-arts, Liège
OccupationPainter
Émile Deckers | |
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.jpg) Émile Deckers, aged 60 years in Algeria | |
| Born | 9 January 1885 Ensival, Belgium |
| Died | 6 February 1968 (aged 83) Verviers, Belgium |
| Education | Académie royale des beaux-arts, Liège |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Movement | Orientalist |
Émile Deckers (9 January 1885 – 6 February 1968) was a Belgian painter.[1]
Émile Deckers was born at Enisval in Belgium on 9 January 1885. He received his art education at the Académie royale des beaux-arts in Liège. He was the recipient of many art prizes before the outbreak of the first world war.[2]
In 1921 he moved to Algiers, French Algeria, where he became an Orientalist painter.[1] where he rapidly achieved a high level of popularity for his portraits.[3]
