Joos Vincent de Vos (1829 - 1875)

Joos Vincent de Vos

Belgian painter of animals,especially dogs and monkeys in the Realist style.Training at the academy of Kortrijk and pupil of the animal painter Eduard Woutermaertens.In his studio he dared monkeys,wolves,foxes,dogs even a camel accomodating.Late in his works he give his dogs back in opulent salons and posh interiors.Yet he is at his best in the image of street wandering,proletarian dogs.Work in museum:Brugge,Kortrijk.