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Henri De Smeth BIOGRAPHY
1865 Borgerhout, Belgium - 1940 Brasschaat, Belgium. Known for: Genre, figure, landscape, buildings, interiors and coastal scene painting.
Henri (Hendrik) De Smeth was born in the Belgian city of Borgerhout in 1865. At the age 14 he became a pupil of the artist August de Lathouwer and later of Lodewijk Hendrix. De Smeth was a painter of... Read full biography
Henri (Hendrik) De Smeth was born in the Belgian city of Borgerhout in 1865. At the age 14 he became a pupil of the artist August de Lathouwer and later of Lodewijk Hendrix. De Smeth was a painter of people, landscapes, women, genre scenes, peasant people, children and interiors in the Realist,... Read full biography
Henri (Hendrik) De Smeth was born in the Belgian city of Borgerhout in 1865. At the age 14 he became a pupil of the artist August de Lathouwer and later of Lodewijk Hendrix. De Smeth was a painter of people, landscapes, women, genre scenes, peasant people, children and interiors in the Realist, Impressionist and Romantic styles. He was a member of the art group Als ik kan, of which Emile Claus, Edgard Farasyn, Frans Hens and Theodore Verstraete were also members. De Smeth was good friends with... Read full biography
Henri (Hendrik) De Smeth was born in the Belgian city of Borgerhout in 1865. At the age 14 he became a pupil of the artist August de Lathouwer and later of Lodewijk Hendrix. De Smeth was a painter of people, landscapes, women, genre scenes, peasant people, children and interiors in the Realist, Impressionist and Romantic styles. He was a member of the art group Als ik kan, of which Emile Claus, Edgard Farasyn, Frans Hens and Theodore Verstraete were also members. De Smeth was good friends with Romain Looymans and Frans Van Ballaer. The painting style of interiors of Henri De Smeth is akin to that of Henri De Braekeleer and Alfred Elsen. Accompanied by Henry Luyten and Romain Looymans, he discovered Zeeland (Netherlands) as a painting... Read full biography
Henri (Hendrik) De Smeth was born in the Belgian city of Borgerhout in 1865. At the age 14 he became a pupil of the artist August de Lathouwer and later of Lodewijk Hendrix. De Smeth was a painter of people, landscapes, women, genre scenes, peasant people, children and interiors in the Realist, Impressionist and Romantic styles. He was a member of the art group Als ik kan, of which Emile Claus, Edgard Farasyn, Frans Hens and Theodore Verstraete were also members. De Smeth was good friends with Romain Looymans and Frans Van Ballaer. The painting style of interiors of Henri De Smeth is akin to that of Henri De Braekeleer and Alfred Elsen. Accompanied by Henry Luyten and Romain Looymans, he discovered Zeeland (Netherlands) as a painting location. The influence of Franz Courtens is evident in this works. In 1907, at the peak of his... Read full biography
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Henri (Hendrik) De Smeth was born in the Belgian city of Borgerhout in 1865. At the age 14 he became a pupil of the artist August de Lathouwer and later of Lodewijk Hendrix.
De Smeth was a painter of people, landscapes, women, genre scenes, peasant people, children and interiors in the Realist, Impressionist and Romantic styles.
He was a member of the art group Als ik kan, of which Emile Claus, Edgard Farasyn, Frans Hens and Theodore Verstraete were also members. De Smeth was good friends with Romain Looymans and Frans Van Ballaer.
The painting style of interiors of Henri De Smeth is akin to that of Henri De Braekeleer and Alfred Elsen.
Accompanied by Henry Luyten and Romain Looymans, he discove...But wait, there's more...
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