Gustave_Van_de_Woestijne

Gustave Van de Woestijne

Gustave Van de Woestijne

Belgian painter (1881–1947)


Gustave Van de Woestijne (Dutch: [vɑn ʋuˈstɛinə]; 2 August 1881 21 April 1947) was a Belgian expressionist painter.

Laatste Avondmaal, Gustave van de Woestyne, 1927, Groeningemuseum, 0040054000.
Boerin, ca. 1925, from The Phoebus Foundation collection.

He belonged to the so-called "First Group of Latem", a group of artists who worked in the rural village of Sint-Martens-Latem on the banks of the Lys, near Ghent. He was the brother of the Flemish poet Karel Van de Woestijne. He was buried in the Cemetery of Campo Santo.

Honours


References

  1. Royal Decree of H.M. King Albert I on 14 November 1919



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