Henri Victor WOLVENS (1896-1977) - Lot 165

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Henri Victor WOLVENS (1896-1977) - Lot 165
Henri Victor WOLVENS (1896-1977) Farm and fountain, oil on canvas. 99 x 79 cm. Signed lower right. Inscribed on the back: 48 rue de l'Ermitage. Tear lower right Note: Henri Victor Wolvens was a Belgian painter, graphic artist and draughtsman. Trained at the Académie de Sint-Joost-ten-Node (H. Ottevaere) and Saint-Gilles, active in Ixelles and Uccle (Labor studio 1921-22). First exhibition at Galerie G. Giroux (Brussels, 1925). Travels to Prague, works in France, Houffalize and on the Belgian coast. Expressionist and animist, close to A. Van Dyck, W. Van Overstraeten, A. Dasnoy, he is distinguished by a dynamic technique, thick, colorful layers and the search for light. A recognized painter of seascapes, harbors, beaches and dikes, he also painted portraits, figures, landscapes and still lifes. Member of Compagnons de l'Art, Orientations, Jeune Peinture Belge, Kunst van Heden. Present in museums in Brussels, Antwerp, Ixelles, Ostend, Bruges, Liège...
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