Eduard Wallays

Eduard Wallays (2 July 1813, in Bruges – 28 January 1891, in Bruges) was a Belgian painter, graphic designer, and Director of the Bruges Academy of Fine Arts.

Biography
His father, Petrus Wallays (1764–1815), managed the grocery store at the Grote Markt in Bruges. His mother, Francisca Dupont, was originally from Kortrijk.

He was educated at the Bruges Academy, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. He also took classes with Jozef Geirnaert in Ghent. From 1835 to 1839, he lived in Paris, studying with Albert Gregorius and Antoine-Jean Gros, among others.

In 1835, he married Marie-Joséphine Legendre (1813–1865), the daughter of an author named Jean Legendre. The year following her death, he married her sister, Anne-Marie.

From 1855 to 1887, he served as Director of the Bruges Academy.