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Painted in Provence when the artist had a country residence there.
From personal family collection with note on reverse. Unique.
As a Belgian artist, he was a painter, draftsman and graphic artist. Education at the Academy in Bruges (1933-1935) and at Sint-Lucas in Ghent. Worked for a year and a half under the direction of C. Permeke. Initially worked in the dark atmosphere of Permeke, but from around 1950 his palette gradually brightened. Realized landscapes, still lifes, nudes, portraits.
Mentioned in the Lexicon of West Flemish visual artists II (1993), BAS I and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. (Piron). 67511681
