Jacques Madyol (Also known as: Madiol) (Elsene, September 6, 1871 - August 15, 1950) was a Belgian painter.
Biographical data and oeuvreMadyol was the son of painter Adriaan-Jan Madiol (Groningen, 1845 - Saint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, 1892).
He was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels from 1893 to 1897 (with Joseph Stallaert). He was a student of Jef Dutillieu, Charles-Louis Voets, Lucien Rion, Emile Bulcke and Philippe Swyncop. Madyol participated in the preparatory competitions for the Rome Prize for painting in 1895, 1898 and 1901.
He painted figures (p for gypsy types), portraits, genre scenes, landscapes (p for the Woluwevallei and the Azure coast). Among his portraits were those of King Albert I, Queen Elisabeth as a nurse and of the Belgian generals of the First World War. On behalf of a mecca, Count Cavens, he painted around 50 works around the Battle of Waterloo between 1905 and 1912: locations of the battle, Blücher, Napoleon and Wellington portraits, military uniforms worn during the battle. Through these assignments he carries the stamp of "military painter".
He was co-founder of the artists' association Le Labeur (1896).
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