Plasky Eugène

Eugène J.B. Plasky was a Belgian painter, born in Brussels in 1851 and died in Schaerbeek in 1905. He studied at the Brussels Academy from 1865 to 1867 and was a pupil of Wierts. He primarily painted landscapes, drawing inspiration mainly from the Kempen and the coast, though he also worked in Uccle, Schaerbeek, around the Duchess's Dale, and the Red Cloister. He belonged to the romantic movement of the 19th century, which aimed to capture the mysterious and poetic spirit of nature. He participated in the Salon in Ghent in 1883 with 'After Winter' and in the 1880 Exhibition of Belgian Art with 'View from the Surroundings of Vilvoorde'. His works can be found in the museum in Kortrijk ('Marsh in the Kempen'). Eugène Plasky was posthumously represented at the "Exposition Rétrospective de Peinture et de Sculpture" in Schaerbeek in 1908 with the works 'Old Linden Trees', 'Autumn in Brabant', 'The Sandberg at Zand-Heuve', 'The Damned Pond', and 'Forest Edge: Autumn'. These were five works from the collection of Dr. Ch. Vermeesch. Eugène Plasky is listed in Two Centuries of Signatures of Belgian Artists. (Piron)