Floris Jespers (borgerhout, 1889 - Antwerp, 1965). “landscape Of The Ardennes”. 1941.

Original wooden frame (wear from use). Frame dimensions: 50 x 68 cm. Painting dimensions: 43 x 60 cm.
Signed and dated 1941.
Floris Jespers (Borgerhout, 1889 - Antwerp, 1965).
Belgian painter and sculptor. After graduating from the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, he became friends with the poet Paul Van Ostaijen and joined the Antwerp avant-garde movement of the 1920s. He collaborated on the publications Ça Ira, Le Centaure and Sélection. In 1921, he exhibited abroad for the first time (the exhibition of the Dutch art group De Branding with Kurt Schwitters and Fokko Mees). In 1925, he became a member of Contemporary Art (Kunst van Heden). Influenced by Cubism, he evolved towards Expressionism.
Works in the Museums of Brussels and Antwerp