Gustave Vanaise (ghent 1854 - Brussels 1902) - Portrait Of A Woman

Gustave Vanaise (Ghent 1854 - Brussels 1902) - Portrait Of A Woman

Dimensions: 16 x 21 cm

Oil on panel

Gustave Vanaise paints historical and religious subjects, intimate scenes and is also a portraitist. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in the studio of Théodore Canneel, then in Brussels. He travels to Italy and Spain. He was part of an enthusiastic group of artists and sculptors from Saint-Gilles (Brussels) led by Jef Lambeaux, where he rubbed shoulders with Karl, son of Constantin Meunier, Jules Lagae and Dario de Regoyos. In 1883, he was one of the founding members of the Brussels avant-garde group “Les Vingt”. He resigned in 1886. We owe him portraits, as well as vast decorative compositions "in which the traditional vision of the Flemish school darkens to reflect new sensibilities", as Gustave Vanzype writes