20th Century Painting by Joseph Tilleux

20th century oil on canvas painted and signed by the Belgium artist Alphonse Vermeir (1905-1994.) Depicting a Belgium townview. Originates Belgium, dating, circa 1940.

18th century cabinet made from oakwood. Originates Germany, Nienburg, dating circa 1750.

Gerhard Cohn Roemers, Oil on canvas painting (German, 1900-1965), View of Middleburg Town square with Gothic town hall. Signed and titled, lower right, Impressionist work, Executed w...

Alois De Laet grew up in the Schipperskwartier in Antwerp, where his mother ran a café. De Laet was initially more interested in music. He took lessons from Peter Benoit and played the piano in his mother's café. As a painter he was self-taught. In 1900 he was the first to exhibit at the social philosophical movement 'De Kapel'. There he met artists such as Eugeen Van Mieghem and Henry Van de Velde. De Laet called himself one of the first Antwerp socialist artists. After the First World War he achieved success with his landscapes of the Kalmhoutse Heide and the Antwerp polders. He was a member of various art circles, including Eenigen, Als ik Kan, de Scalden, La Libre Esthétique and Vie et Lumière...