Constant Permeke
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Birthplace
Antwerp, Belgium
Birth year
1886
Representing galleries
Ronny Van De Velde
Statement
| Constant Permeke Biography | ||
| 1886 | born July 31, 1886 |
| 191 | returned to Ostend |
| 1916 | moved to Chardstock in Devonshire and started painting again, mostly colorful English landscapes |
| 1921 | Permeke was able to exhibit his work in Antwerp and in Paris |
| 1922 - 1924 | Permeke regularly went to Astene, in order to cooperate with Frits Van den Berghe |
| 1926 | Permeke went to Vevey in Switzerland where he mainly painted mountain scenes |
| 1929 | he moved to Jabbeke. During this period he changed his subject: instead of the fisherman and the sea he now focused on the farmer and his land |
| 1947 - 1948 | Permeke had a big retrospective exhibition in Paris |
| 1952 | death January 4, 1952 |
| Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism. |
| When World War I started, Permeke was mobilized and during the defense of Antwerp he was wounded in action near the town of Duffel |
| During World War II, Permeke was forbidden to paint by the German occupiers as his art was seen by them as Entartete Kunst. Privately, things were even worse as his son Paul was arrested and sent to Germany as a forced labourer |
| After the war, Permeke was appointed director of the National higher Institute and of the Royal Academy in Antwerp but after only one year he offered his resignation |
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