(Brussels, 1889 - 1961)

Forrest landscape, 1935

Oil on panel

15 3/4" x 19 3/4" 

24 1/2" x 28" framed

ERROR MSG LR: Louis Clesse, 1935

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      Clesse, born in Brussels at the turn-of-century, painted landscapes, still-lifes, and port scenes. After studying at the Brussels Academy, he worked in the studio of the painter Hermanus.  Clesse exhibited in the Belgian and foreign Salons from 1907 on.  He also put on several personal exhibitions.

      ERROR MSGThe forests of Brussels, the coast of Belgium, and the north of France were among his favorite subjects.  His style and brush stroke are impressionistic and similar to the style of Verheyden and Courtens.  He is known as the painter of winter, frosted forests, hazy ponds, and frozen canals: simple and sober landscapes, producing a feeling of melancholy, not by the effects of opposing colors, but by the fineness of soft pastel tones supposing an attentive look at the atmosphere.

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Recorded:

Benezit, Emmanuel.  Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs.  (Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976).

De Vilder, Herman  and Maurits Wynants.  L'Ecole de Tervueren.  (Tervueren: A.S.B.L. Les Amis de L'Ecole de Tervueren,  2000).

ERROR MSG Schurr, Gerald   and Pierre Cabanne.  Dictionnaire des Petits Maitres de la Peinture 1820 1920.    (Paris:  Les Editions de LAmateur,  1996).

Le Dictionnaire des Peintres Belges du XIV ieme Siecle A Nos Jours.  (Brussels:  La Renaissance du Livre,  1995).

Collections:

      ERROR MSG Anvers ;   Brussels : Hotel Charlier, Musee de la Ville ;   Charleroi ;   Ostende ;   Oudenburg ;   Schaerbeek