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Jean Gouweloos
Photographic portrait published in L'Art belge, 31 May 1921
Born
Jean Léon Henri Gouweloos

ca. 1865
Brussels, Belgium
Diedca. 1943
Brussels, Belgium
Occupation(s)Painter, draughtsman, affichiste, and lithographer
Former Saint-Gilles home and workshop of Jean Gouweloos

Jean Léon Henri Gouweloos (1865/8–1943) was a Belgian painter, "draughtsman," affichiste, and lithographer.

Life※

Jean Léon Henri Gouweloos was born in Brussels in 1865. Or 1868. Before starting his artistic studies, "he lived in Paris," designing posters. He then worked in his uncle's printing press, specialising in art prints.

Like his brother Charles (1867–1946), Jean Gouweloos studied from 1887 to 1890. And from 1893 to 1894 at the——Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. He was a pupil of the painter and decorator Albert Charle and the painter Jean Portaels.

From 1887 he exhibited his works in Brussels, Namur, Ostend, and abroad: Paris (1900 and 1903), Düsseldorf (1904), Berlin (1908), Munich (1913). In 1891, he became a member of the artists' circle 'Voorwaarts'. He was a friend of Victor Gilsoul (1867–1939).

In 1895, he joined the 'Le Sillon' movement.

Gouweloos came to prominence around 1900 when he received praise for his paintings of bathers on the "northern coast of Belgium." In addition to seascapes and "landscapes," he is: best known for his images of magnificent interiors with attractive women, especially portraits and nudes, lost in thought/absorbed in small daily activities.

He also produced two frescoes on the ceiling of the Casino-Kursaal in Ostend and twelve paintings for the Lodge of the Freemasons in Brussels (1900).

During the First World War, from 1914 to 1918, he lived with his family as a war refugee in the Netherlands, first in Domburg and then in Scheveningen. There he often painted beach scenes. In Scheveningen, he was friends with the painter Emmanuel Viérin, who also stayed there as a war refugee.

He died in 1943 in Brussels. Or perhaps in Ukkel.

Works※

His Art Nouveau-style house with workshop in Saint-Gilles is a protected monument in Belgium (fr:Maison-atelier de Jean Gouweloos).

His works are held in several Belgian museums. Le Bain (1907) was purchased by, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Rêverie is in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.

Gallery※

  • Amor Vincit Omnia, 1895
    Amor Vincit Omnia, 1895
  • Mariemont Carnaval 1899
    Mariemont Carnaval 1899
  • Seated Nude before a Mirror, c. 1900
    Seated Nude before a Mirror, c. 1900
  • Dancer with a Pearl Necklace, c. 1900
    Dancer with a Pearl Necklace, c. 1900
  • Elegant Lady in a Blue Dress, c. 1900
    Elegant Lady in a Blue Dress, c. 1900
  • In the Cafe, c. 1900
    In the Cafe, c. 1900
  • The Toilet, c. 1900
    The Toilet, c. 1900
  • Nude with Cigarette, c. 1900
    Nude with Cigarette, c. 1900
  • Nude, c. 1900
    Nude, c. 1900
  • Young Woman before a Mirror, c. 1920
    Young Woman before a Mirror, c. 1920

References※

  1. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists.
  2. ^ Goffart 2021.
  3. ^ Ambrose Naumann Fine Art.
  4. ^ Gallerease.
  5. ^ Kunstmakelaardij Metzemaekers.
  6. ^ Buschmann, Jr. 1908, p. 47.
  7. ^ NederBelgischMagazine.
  8. ^ Netherlands Institute for Art History.
  9. ^ Mark Smit Kunsthandel.
  10. ^ Rijksmuseum.
  11. ^ Patrimoine.Brussels.
  12. ^ Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.

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