Jean-baptiste Degreef (1852-1894). "landscape".

Oil on canvas mounted on panel. Old wooden frame and patinated stucco, gray fabric mat. Frame dimensions 41 x 51 cm.
Painting dimensions 28 x 39 cm. Monogram JD.
Jean-Baptiste Degreef, born in 1852 in Brussels and died in 1894 in Auderghem (Brussels), is a Belgian painter. Jean-Baptiste Degreef began as a painter-decorator. He took classes at the L'Effort free studio and those of Joseph van Severdonck and Paul Lauters at the Brussels Academy. His art is influenced by Impressionism. He spent some time in the Netherlands, on the banks of the Escaut and the Meuse. He focused on the subtle and fleeting aspects of light. His touch is frank and spontaneous. He discovered the Rouge-Cloître (Brussels-Auderghem) in the 1870s, in the company of his elder Hippolyte Boulenger (1837-1874), founder of the Tervueren School. The strength of his temperament and the sensitivity of his paintings influenced young artists such as Alfred Bastien (1873-1955) or Joseph François (1875-1950).
Works in the Museums of Brussels, Ixelles, Antwerp.