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Born | Ernest Welvaert ca. 1880 Lokeren, Belgium |
Died | ca. 1946 Uccle, Belgium |
Education | Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp |
Occupation | Painter |
Ernest Welvaert (1880 – 1946)[1] was a Belgian painter.
He was born in Lokeren, East Flanders, Belgium, in 1880.[2] He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp.[3] Among his fellow students there were Joe English, Isidoor Opsomer, and Maurice Sys.[4] He was influenced by Emile Claus and Theodoor Verstraete.[3][5] During his career his style changed from Impressionism to Expressionism.[3]
He married and then settled in the forest of Daknam. His paintings mostly depict the landscape and the people of Waasland.[3]
In 1921 the family moved to Mechelen, and then to Uccle,[3] where Welvaert died in 1946.[2] In the latter part of his career his paintings' colors became gloomier. His last paintings are portraits and Brabant landscapes.[3]
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