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Gentse kunstenaar Armand Heins

Heins Armand

Armand Heins was a Belgian artist born in Ghent in 1856 and died in 1938. He was a painter, draftsman, watercolorist, etcher, lithographer, illustrator and sculptor. Son of the art printer and lithographer Jean Nicolas Heins. Education at the Academy in Ghent, conducted by Th. Canneel (1867-1879) and then went to Paris to optimize his work. Subsequently associated with the editorial staff of Illustration Nationale Belge. After a trip to Italy he settled back in Ghent. Mostly worked as a graphic artist and illustrator. Realized landscapes, genre scenes, interiors, figures, animals. Found his inspiration in his own region, but also worked in Zeeland. Was also an archaeologist and published several albums with documentary drawings about Ghent and Flanders, including En pays flamand (1892). Co-founder of the Société des aquafortistes belges. Received numerous assignments as a decorator and thus worked, among other places, in the Arsenaalzaal of the town hall in Ghent, in the meeting room of the Royal Flemish Academy. Work in the Museum in Ghent, among others. Mentioned in BAS I, II and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. (PIRON)