Ferdinand d'Huart


Ferdinand d'Huart was a painter from Luxembourg.

his life

He was born into an upper-class family. Ferdinand d'Huart was also known by his nickname Fenny.He studied at the art academies of Munich and Paris. He became a student of the French painter Alexandre Cabanel. He worked for a while in the Collège des Oratoriens school in Juilly-sur-Seine, but later on he returned to Luxembourg. Here he became a teacher at the Kolléisch. He gained a reputation on painting the grand-ducal family of Luxembourg. From 1910 until 1919 Ferdinand d'Huart was the president of the Cercle artistique de Luxembourg.
His daughter, Adrienne d'Huart was a painter as well.
In Bonnevoie a street was named after him: rue Fernand d'Huart.

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