Edmond van Genechten

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Edmond van Genechten , also Mon van Genechten , Chinese stage name Fang Hsi-Sheng , (born October 29, 1903 in Geel ; † October 21, 1974 there ) was a Belgian missionary of the Scheutvelder Congregation and an important painter of Christian motifs in a genuine Chinese style. Van Genechten lived in China from 1929 to 1946.

literature

  • Der Neue Herder: Der Neue Herder (first half volume: A to L) . Geneal, Edmond van. Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1949, OCLC 180627861 , p. 1326 .
  • Lorry Swerts, Koen de Ridder: Mon Van Genechten (1903-1974) . Flemish Missionary and Chinese Painter. Inculturation of Chinese Christian Art. Leuven University Press, Leuven 2002, ISBN 978-90-5867-222-3 .

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