STEVENS, Alfred
1823-1906

A Belgian artist living principally in Paris, Stevens painted polished and highly successful pictures. As much at home in avant-garde circles in the Batignolles as on the Boulevard, he was a friend of Manet and introduced him to Durand-Ruel in 1871. He was one of the first devotees of Japanese art, elements of which he intoduced as bric-a-brac into his society paintings.