SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Trained at the Académie des beaux-arts in Liège, then in Paris under Carolus Duran and Évariste Carpentier, Émile Deckers received the first prize for anatomy and the first prize for painting in 1904. He was at the front throughout the First World War; afterwards, he was made a knight of the Order of the Crown and received the Belgian Victory Medal as well as the commemorative distinction for the defence of Liège. He settled in Algiers in 1921, remained there after June 1962 and left the city only in 1966.
Deckers produced large oil portraits on canvas, often conceived in three or more views. His exhibition history includes, among others, the Salon du Vieux Chêne in Algiers in 1922, the Galerie Saint-Girons in 1925 and the Salon des artistes français in Paris in 1930. In 1950, he exhibited at the Salon des artistes orientalistes algériens in Algiers. The works mentioned include a Stations of the Cross dated 1928 in the church of Ensival, as well as, at the Musée national des beaux-arts d’Alger, Paysage de l’Ouarsenis and Le cantonnier de Laghouat, a work in charcoal and pastel. Museums in several cities hold works by the artist, including Paris, Brussels, Liège, Bern and Zurich.
This profile brings together identity references for Emile Deckers and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
3 references are documented at Germann, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Portrait d'une femme algérienne,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12 — 2024-09-23
Published result : 750 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on canvas
Portrait d'une femme algérienne
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12 — 2024-09-23
Published result : 750 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on canvas
Jeune fille
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
