Died 27 January 1919 | ||
![]() | ||
Ferdinand d'Huart (13 April 1857 – 27 January 1919) was a painter from Luxembourg.
Contents
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 studéiert. He became a student of the French paintter 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 (1892–1984) was a painter as well.
In Bonnevoie a street was named after him: rue Fernand d'Huart.