Clesse Louis

Boats at the Nieuwpoort Harbour, Louis Clesse, Brussels 1889 – 1961, Belgian

1889 – 1961

Canal View of Bruges – The Beguinage Van Middel Maurice Bruges 1886 – 1952 Belgian Painter Bruges School Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: Image size 40 x 50 cm, frame size 52,50 x 62 cm Biography: Van Middel Maurice ( Van Middel Maurits) was born in 1886 in Bruges. He was a Belgian painter and draughtsman. He painted Bruges townscapes, marines, portraits and figures among others lace-workers. He found his inspiration in the Bruges Beguinage. Van Middel studied at the Bruges Academy of Fine Arts under master teacher and artist Edmond van Hove (1851 – 1913) and was a classmate of Constant Permeke...

Paris – Montmartre Verbrugghe Charles Bruges 1877 – 1974 Paris Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left and placed Paris Dimensions: Image si...

Town Gate of Bruges – Kruispoort Poupaert Lionel Bruges 1900 – 1989 Belgian Painter Bruges School Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: Image size 60 x 71 cm Biography: Poupaert Lionel was born on September 27, 1900 in Bruges. His father was a goldsmith. In 1931 he got married and went to live in the Biezenstraat. He died on February 12, 1989. He was a painter, restorer of paintings and copyist of Flemish Primitives. In 1912 he entered the Bruges Academy of Fine Arts with director Flori Van Acker as his teacher and famed artist. In 1926 the Municipal Council of Bruges appointed him as a teacher at the Bruges Academy. He would remain in this position until 1966, the year he retired. Poupaert turned out to be a solid painter with high qualities. He painted numerous Bruges townscapes and also made portraits of important Bruges figures. In the period 1952-1956, he painted two portraits of guardians and superiors of the convent of Our Lady of the Pottery. In 1955 he collaborated with Jules Fonteyne on the murals of the Church of Christ the King. In 1961 he copied for the second time Memling’s triptych “The Adoration of the Magi” by order of Bruges Naval College who gave it as a gift to the King and Queen of Belgium...

Along the River Gilsoul Victor Brussels 1867 – 1943 Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: Image size 40 x 28,50 cm, frame size 52 x 41 cm Biography: Gilsoul Victor was born in Brussels on September 10, in 1867. He was a Belgian impressionist painter of landscapes, marines, harbour scenes, architectures, interiors, city and canal views, portraits and figures. He was also a watercolourist. Gilsoul studied at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts with the famed master teachers and artists François Courtens (1854 - 1895) and Louis Artan (1837 - 1890). In 1882 he won his first prize at the Academy and in 1884 debuted at the Brussels Salon. He studied also at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts, where he won a prize (1885-1890). Gilsoul  was member of the group ‘Voorwaerts’ in 1891. He was awarded a silver medal at the Paris World Fair in 1900. In the same year, King Leopold II commissioned several compositions for his yacht “Alberta” and knighted him to the Order of King of the Belgians...

Verbrugghe Charles Bruges 1877 – 1974 Paris Belgian Painter 'A View of Damme' Signature: Signed bottom right, on reverse placed "Damme" Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: Image size 3...

Along the Lake Keller Adolphe Brussels 1880 – 1968 Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 51 x 61 cm Biography: Keller Adolphe was born on June 21 in 1880 in Brussels. He was a post-Impressionist painter of genre scenes and flower still lifes, but with a preference for landscapes. He was also draughtsman, watercolourist and pastelist. He studied at the Academies of Fine Arts in Brussels and Sint-Joost-Ten-Node with master teachers P. Braeke and H. Ottevaere. In 1910 he took part in the great Brussels Exhibition. He often paints around the Red Cloister (Auderghem) on the edge of the Sonian Forest, where he settled in 1934. He also painted in the South of France, in Saint-Tropez. Keller was a chairman of the Alfred Bastien...

Oil Painting on Wood panel - Water lilies, Nature Work Title : Nelumbo nucifera 2 Artist : Raphaël Renaud (French artist, Born in 1974, lives and works in France and Berlin (Germany)...

Painting measures 10 ½" x 16" and framed 20 ½" x 26" x 4"

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