Foubert Emiel
Emiel Roger Foubert was a Belgian artist, born in Sint-Niklaas in 1925. He was a painter, draftsman, watercolorist, graphic artist, linocut artist, and architect. He obtained his diploma from the Middenjury in Brussels and completed his final year of architecture at the Higher Institute in Antwerp. Foubert painted figures and landscapes and designed ex-libris. For twenty years, he worked as a drawing teacher. He was president of the Sander Wijnants Club. In 2011, he was selected to participate in the 18th International Ex-Libris and Color Print Competition in Sint-Niklaas. He was active in Nieuwkerken-Waas. He is mentioned in the Lexicon of East Flemish Painters and Sculptors 1700-1940 (Daniël Van Ryssel, 2008). (Piron)