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Adolphe Alexandre Dillens
Adolf Alexander Dillens (1821 - 1877) Belgian painter and etcher, part of a family of artists. Adolf Dillens was born at Ghent in 1821, and received his formal training from his elder brother Hendrik Joseph Dillens (1812 - 1872) and studied at the academy in Ghent. Like his brother, Adolph specialized in genre scenes and portrait painting; however he was also an accomplished engraver and drawer. He spent a majority of his career workin
g in Zeeland where he became known for his scenes of that region's daily life. At the end of his life Dillens turned to painting historical and military scenes from Flemish life, such as Enlistment in the Austrian Netherlands (Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts). He was a prolific and successful artist, who worked with facility and did not hesitate to repeat himself in order to satisfy collectors. Although his pictures lack origina…