View on the Schelde in Halloo by Oscar Verpoorten

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View on the Schelde in Halloo 20th century

Oscar Verpoorten

CanvasOil paintPaint
80 ⨯ 90 cm
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About the artwork
View on the Schelde in Halloo; oil on canvas. 80 x 90 cm.

Signed: Bottom Left
About the artist
Oscar Verpoorten (1895, Antwerp – 1948, Antwerp) was a Flemish Post-Impressionist painter and engraver. He was the son of a goldsmith. He was trained to the art of engraving by Frans Lauwers and Charles Mertens at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. As a painter he was self-educated. After a successful exhibition of his paintings by the society of artists ‘Als ik kan’ (If I can) in 1928, he applied himself completely to painting.

His subjects were harbour views (in Antwerp, Lillo, Rupelmonde, Willemstad), marines, cityscapes, riverscapes (the Scheldt was his favourite river), portraits, figures and still-lifes. In 1935, he became a teacher of the Academy at Berchem (Belgium). In 1939, he was a co-founder and later chairman of the art club ’t Getij (the Tide), and he was a member of Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), a circle of prominent artists, founded in 1927. After World War I, he settled in the vicinity of Antwerp. His works are included in the ‘Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium’ (Royal Institute for Patrimony of Art) and the ‘Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten’(Royal Museum of Fine Arts) in Antwerp.

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