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1897 Versailles - 1985 Garches. Known for: Naive painting with vivid colors.
Germain Van der Steen was a French painter born in 1897 in Versailles. He studied in England and graduated from Oxford. After being gassed during World War I, Van der Steen became a color merchant in... Read full biography
Germain Van der Steen was a French painter born in 1897 in Versailles. He studied in England and graduated from Oxford. After being gassed during World War I, Van der Steen became a color merchant in Paris and painted during the night as a self-taught artist. He had three periods in his artistic... Read full biography
Germain Van der Steen was a French painter born in 1897 in Versailles. He studied in England and graduated from Oxford. After being gassed during World War I, Van der Steen became a color merchant in Paris and painted during the night as a self-taught artist. He had three periods in his artistic career, starting with non-figurative art, then moving to imaginary plants with multicolored draperies, and finally focusing on bestiaries with cats and birds. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1944.... Read full biography
Germain Van der Steen was a French painter born in 1897 in Versailles. He studied in England and graduated from Oxford. After being gassed during World War I, Van der Steen became a color merchant in Paris and painted during the night as a self-taught artist. He had three periods in his artistic career, starting with non-figurative art, then moving to imaginary plants with multicolored draperies, and finally focusing on bestiaries with cats and birds. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1944.
Germain Van der Steen was a French painter born in 1897 in Versailles. He studied in England and graduated from Oxford. After being gassed during World War I, Van der Steen became a color merchant in Paris and painted during the night as a self-taught artist. He had three periods in his artistic career, starting with non-figurative art, then moving to imaginary plants with multicolored draperies, and finally focusing on bestiaries with cats and birds. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1944.
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Germain Van der Steen was a French painter born in 1897 in Versailles. He studied in England and graduated from Oxford.
After being gassed during World War I, Van der Steen became a color merchant in Paris and painted during the night as a self-taught artist. He had three periods in his artistic career, starting with non-figurative art, then moving to imaginary plants with multicolored draperies, and finally focusing on bestiaries with cats and birds.
He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1944.