Heymans Karel
Karel Heymans was a Belgian artist born in Hamme in 1899 and died in Antwerp in 1974. He was a painter and draftsman. Self-taught, but still received advice and support from his brother Casimir Heymans, who had debuted for him. Settled in Antwerp. Started as an art collector before falling under the spell of painting in 1930. Became friends with M. Melsen and J. Van Puyenbroeck. Realized among others portraits, figures, village and city scenes, harbor, coastal and city views, characters, interiors, flowers, landscapes and forest views. From the press: "Depending on the preference of the moment, he explores the Antwerp markets, the village fairs, the folk games, the processions, the detours, the slums, he pays people to work, the city bustle or streets with their mosaic of weathered facades. Man or rather the people are almost always present” and“ The subjects of his works originate on Flemish soil, as it were seem to be permeated with light”. Exhibited at the Second December Salon of the National Association of Painters and Sculptors of Belgium in Brussels in 1939, at the Four Yearly Salon in Ghent in 1954, at the Galerie Leys in Brussels in 1958, in the Henri De Braekeleer room in Antwerp in 1960, several times in the company of his brother in the Martinushoeve in Zandvliet in the 1970s. Mentioned in two centuries by Belgian artists. (PIRON)