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Schilderijen kopen van de Belgische kunstenaar Franz Callebaut

Callebaut Franz

Franz Callebaut, Petrus Franciscus (Franz or Frans) Callebaut-Govaert was a Belgian artist who was born in Teralfene in 1856 and who died in 1930 in Aalst. He was a painter. Found his inspiration in Flemish Brabant landscapes, Scheldt views. Because Callebaut was busy with his pharmacy as a pharmacist, he mainly painted in the evenings. In the early days of his pharmacist career, he also followed an evening course at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In the early years he met Isidore Meyers and Franz Courtens, from whom he would be taught at the Dendermonde School of Painting. They introduced him to Scheldt painting, and under their influence Callebaut developed into an impressionist landscape painter. Under the influence of the School of Dendermonde. Worked with clear keys, even briefly evolved towards pointillism and afterwards tended towards a subdued expressionist design. Was the first chairman of the Aalst Art Circle (1909-1929). Work in the town hall in Aalst. Was a professional pharmacist. Mentioned in Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. (Piron, Wikipedia)