WAUTERS, EMILE Belgian painter, was born in Brussels in 1846. He studied under Portaels and Gerome. In 1868 he produced a striking work, "The Battle of Hastings: the Finding of the body of Harold by Edith." A journey to Italy in no wise affected his individuality, which was as marked in his "The Great Nave of St. Mark's" (purchased by the king of the Belgians) as in his earlier work. As his youth disqualified him for the medal of the Brussels Salon, he was sent, by way of com pensation, as artist-delegate to Suez for the opening of the canal. In 187o Wauters exhibited his great historical picture of "Mary of Burgundy entreating the Sheriffs of Ghent to pardon the Coun cillors Hugonet and Humbercourt" (Liege museum) which cre ated a great sensation. Even more celebrated was the "Madness
of Hugo van der Goes" (1872, Brussels museum), a picture which gained for him the grand medal at the Salon and led to the corn mission for two large works decorating the Lions' stair case of the Hotel de Ville. His vast panorama, "Cairo and the Banks of the Nile" (1881), 38o ft. by 49 ft., was exhibited with extraordinary success in Brussels, Munich and The Hague. Wauters also painted some admirable portraits, sometimes using pastel as a medium.