Gustave Van de Woestijne

Gustave Van de Woestijne (Dutch: [vɑn də ʋuˈstɛinə]; 2 August 1881 – 21 April 1947) was a Belgian expressionist painter.

Laatste Avondmaal, Gustave van de Woestyne, 1927, Groeningemuseum, 0040054000.

Boerin, ca. 1925, from The Phoebus Foundation collection.

He belonged to the so-called "First Group of Latem", a group of artists who worked in the rural village of Sint-Martens-Latem on the banks of the Lys, near Ghent. He was the brother of the Flemish poet Karel Van de Woestijne. He was buried in the Cemetery of Campo Santo.

Honours

• 1919 : Knight of the Order of Leopold.[1]

Works by him in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

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  Saint Bernard, 1901
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  The Blind Man, 1910
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  The Sleepers, 1918
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  Adrienne, 1921
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  The Liqueur Drinkers, 1922
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  Gaston and His Sister, 1923
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  Azure, 1928
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  Still life with Grapes, 1937
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  Christ Showing His Wounds, 1921
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  De twee lentes, 1910

References

1. Royal Decree of H.M. King Albert I on 14 November 1919