Polydore Beaufaux

In 1857, he won the Prix de Rome (Belgium) for painting.

He used his prize money to make a study trip from 1859 to 1863, visiting France and Italy, where he did a portrait of Pope Pius IX.

The following year, he became a Professor at the Academy, where he taught a course entitled "Painting from Life".

Léon Abry, Gerard Portielje and Edouard de Jans are among his best-known students.

In 1889, he made a trip to England, then left Antwerp to settle in Wavre.