Félix Buelens

Michel Félix Buelens (born February 18, 1850 in Etterbeek , Belgium , † March 24, 1921 in Ostend , Belgium) was a Belgian impressionist .

Career

Michel Félix Buelens was born during the reign of King Leopold I in Etterbeek, a suburb of Brussels . Nothing is known about his youth. After he decided on a career as an artist, he studied at an art academy in Brussels. Before that he met the Belgian painter James Ensor in Ostend in 1885 . The rest of their lives had a good friendship between them. After finishing his studies, Buelens settled in Ostend. There he ran a guesthouse and a museum, which he founded with Henri Permeke , James Ensor and Emile Spilliaert . All were members of the Cercle des Beaux-Arts d'Ostende, which was founded in 1894 and lasted only two years before being absorbed by the Ostend Center de Art in 1896 . Although Buelens quickly gained public attention as a painter, he remained primarily an artist who painted only for himself. His still lifes are kept in a bold and robust impressionism. In his works he used delicate color tones with bright red, green and yellow. His color virtuosity was similar to that of James Ensor.

Works (selection)

• Menu , 1905
• Bouquet de fleurs
• Mollusques and crustacés
• Portrait de Jacques Brel

literature

• Félix Buelens, Vergeten Vriend Van Ensor, of Het Coloriet Van de Tederheid , Uitgaven Erel, 1972
• Tilo Grabach: Buelens, Félix (Michel Félix) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 15, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22755-8 , p. 41.

Web links

• Félix Buelens on the artnet.com website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Simonis & Buunk - Michel Félix Buelens
2. ↑ Reproduced Fine Art - Albert Baertsoen ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.