Vanheste Arthur Georges

Vanheste, Arthur-Georges (also spelled Jorge) (Ostend, 1909–1996) • Painter, watercolorist, draftsman. Son of Gustaaf Vanheste, brother of Robert Vanheste. Lost an arm as a child during the First World War. Trained under Distave. Exhibited for the first time in 1937 at the Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels together with P. Paulus and the sculptor Witterwulghe. Lived and worked in Spain for some time. Created, among other things, seascapes, underwater views, and beach scenes in watercolor and felt-tip pen. From the press: ‘We find a strong expressionist tendency in A.G.V.H. He stands, even in his Spanish depictions, under the influence of his Flemish identity through his love of nature, while on the other hand, an unease of soul appears in many of his canvases, a search for happiness that simply cannot be grasped.’ Work in the Museum in Ostend. Mentioned in the Lexicon of West Flemish Visual Artists III, BAS II and Two Centuries of Signatures of Belgian Artists. (Piron)