Ernest Welvaert

Ernest Welvaert (1880 – 1946)[1] was a Belgian painter.

Ernest Welvaert
Born
Ernest Welvaert

ca. 1880
Lokeren, Belgium
Diedca. 1946
Uccle, Belgium
EducationRoyal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp
OccupationPainter

Life and work

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]

  • Sunday Afternoon
    Sunday Afternoon
  • Zomer in het veld
    Zomer in het veld
  • Knitting girl with hopfield in the background
    Knitting girl with hopfield in the background

Sources
  • Eemans, M. (1975). Moderne kunst in België. Hasselt: Heideland-Orbis.
  • Piron, Paul (1999). De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw volume 2. Art in Belgium. p. 1572.

References
  1. Kunstpreis-Jahrbuch Volume 52, Part 2. Kunst und Technik Verlags. 1997. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Ernest Welvaert". RKD. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. "Ernest Welvaert". Belgian Art Gallery.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. de Smet, Johan (2000). Sint-Martens-Latem en de kunst aan de Leie, 1870-1970. Lannoo. p. 129. ISBN 9789020941531. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. "Schilderij 'Bij morgendauw' van Ernest Welvaert: een zomers tafereel". www.museasintniklaas.be. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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