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Jules De Sutter was a Belgian artist who was born in Ghent in 1895 and who died in 1970 in Sint-Martens-Latem. He was a painter, draftsman and watercolorist. Education at the Academy in Ghent, led by J. Delvin and C. Tremerie. Painted landscapes, figures, genre pieces. His first canvases are strongly reminiscent of prints. Later he evolved towards a thorough expressionist design. Belongs to the generation of animists. Was included in the Brussels modernist circles after 1925. Belonged, together with Hubert Malfait, to the youngsters of the second group of painters of Sint-Martens-Latem. Cherished a great admiration for Gust De Smet. From 1920 to 1929 he lived in Het Rozenhuis, the former home of Gustave Van De Woestyne, and subsequently settled in Sint-Martens-Latem. From the press: “Jules De Sutter painted with broad brushstrokes, in a kind of drunkenness of the senses, figures with a healthy and sturdy appearance. One cannot remain indifferent to those rough syntheses of rural life, always with large areas of color, usually in high and sometimes even in garish colors.” Was a teacher at the Academy in Ghent (1944-1958). Work in the Museum in Ostend. Mentioned in the Lexicon of West Flemish visual artists V, BAS I and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. |