Willy Schlobach - Artist Info

About Willy Schlobach

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    Willy Schlobach was a German-Belgian painter. He was a founding member of 'Les XX', a group of artists known for atmospheric paintings. His work was increasingly characterized by Neo-impressionists influences by the end of the 1880s, however, he returned to his earlier impressionist style after 1894. He spent his youth in Belgium, whereas both his parents and his wife were German. During his 'Belgian' phase he got to know the Belgian painters James Ensor und Willy Finch, because they attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels together. This phase ended soon after the German invasion in Belgium. Schlobach's pro-German sympathies collided with the rising anti-German sentiment so h...

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