over two hundred, include many of the greatest names in Belgium, France, and America (Wauters having for some years made Paris his chief home). Among these may be named the Baron Goffinet, the Baroness Goffinet, Madame Somze (standing at a piano), Master Somze (on horseback by the sea-shore), the Princess Clementine of Belgium (Brussels Museum), Lady Edward Sassoon, Baron de Bleichroder, Princess de Ligne, Miss Lorillard, a likeness of the artist in the Dresden Museum, and M. Schollaert (president of the Chamber of Deputies) the last named an amazing example of portraiture, instinct with character and vitality. The vigour of his male, and the grace and elegance of his female, portraits are unsurpassable, the resemblance perfect and the technical execution such as to place the artist in the front rank. Prizes Between 1889 and 1900 the painter contributed to the Royal Academy of London. Few artists have received such a succession of noteworthy distinctions and recognitions. His Hugo van der Goes, the work of a youth of twenty-four, secured the Grand Medal of the Salon. He has been awarded no fewer than six medals of honor at Paris in 1878 and 1889; Munich, 1879; Antwerp, 1885; Vienna, 1888; and Berlin, 1883. Honours 1887: Commander in the Order of Leopold 1924: Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown Commander in the Order of Saint Michael Officer in the Legion of Honour Order of Merit of Prussia Knight in the Order of Franz Joseph Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium He was an honorary member of the Vienna, Berlin, and Munich academies, and corresponding member of the Institut de France and of that of Madrid. References Sources P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, pp. 789–791. M. H. Spielmann, Magazine of Art (1887); A. J. Wauters, Magazine of Art (1894); Joseph Anderson, Pall Mall Magazine (1896); G. Sera (Wauters as a Painter of Architecture) Architectural Record (1901). External links 1846 births 1933 deaths Artists from Brussels 19th-century Belgian painters 19th-century Belgian male artists 20th-century Belgian painters Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) 20th-century Belgian male artists