Gabriel van Dievoet

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Gabriel van Dievoet
Gabriel van Dievoet, standing on the right in his studio.
The Golden House in Charleroi : with sgraffito by Gabriel van Dievoet

Gabriel van Dievoet (born April 12, 1875 in Brussels , † November 17, 1934 in Saint-Gilles ) was a Belgian painter and Art Nouveau decorator. In Brussels he decorated houses with sgraffito .

He is the brother of the architect Henri van Dievoet .

Works

He is the author of many decorations in sgraffito in Brussels and its surroundings and in Wallonia, for example those of the Golden House in the city of Charleroi .

He is also the author of these sgraffiti:

  • The drug bos primary school (1902)
  • Dilbeek town house (1903)
  • Collège Saint-Alexis Geel (1900)
  • The Church of Erps-Kwerps (1898)
  • Machelen Church (1908)
  • Villa "Les Sorbiers" in the park of Genval (1904)
  • The Escoyez Castle by the architect Sonneville Architect from Tournai, 1904.

He is also the author of paintings and watercolors.

The Royal Library of Belgium , Albertine, Prints Cabinet, keeps an etching by him entitled Lion's Head (reference: F 41265).

literature

  • Maurice Culot, Anne-Marie Pirlot: Art Nouveau , Brussels, AAM, 2005, pp. 16, 35, 90, 91.
  • Simone De Boeck: GABRIEL VAN DIEVOET , in: 50 Artistes autour de Victor Horta , Brussel, 1996, Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Volume II.
  • Simone De Boeck: GABRIEL VAN DIEVOET , in: Sgraffito , n ° 9, Brussels, 1997, pp. 13-16.
  • Simone De Boeck: Fernand Symons, un architecte trop peu connu , second part, in: Sgraffito , Brussels, n ° 37, 2004, p. 22.
  • Patricia D'Oreye: Façades Art nouveau. Les plus beaux graffites de Bruxelles . Photos by Lantent Brandajs, foreword by Maurice Culot, Brussels, 2005.
  • Alice Delvaille, Philippe Chavanne: L'Art Nouveau dans le Namurois et en Brabant Wallon , Alleur, 2006.
  • Éric Hennaut, Walter Schudel, Jos Vandenbreeden, Linda Van Santvoort, Liliane Liesens, Marie Demanet: Les Sgraffites à Bruxelles , Fondation Roi Baudouin, Brussels, 1994, pp. 9, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69.
  • Éric Hennaut, Liliane Liesens: L'avant-garde belge. Architecture 1880-1900 , Bruges, 1995, Stichting Sint-Jan and Archives d'Architecture Moderne, pp. 36–37
  • Éric Hennaut, Maurice Culot: La façade Art Nouveau à Bruxelles , Brussels, 2005, AAM, pp. 42, 45, 47.
  • Caroline Mierop: L'avenue Louise , in: Bruxelles, ville d'art et d'histoire, Brussels, 1997, pp. 20-21.
  • Benoît Schoonbroodt: Artistes belges de l'Art nouveau (1890-1914) , Racine, Brussels, 2008, pp. 38–39, 80–85.
  • to you. Anne Van Loo: Dictionnaire de l'Architecture en Belgique de 1830 à nos jours , Antwerp, Fonds Mercator, 2003, pp. 40, 562, ill. P. 561.
  • Catalog des Collections , Bruxelles, Archives d'Architecture Moderne, 1999, Volume II, pp. 282 to 289, and pictures pp. 29–33.
  • Les mots de la Maison , Volume II, L'intérieur , Archives d'Architecture Moderne, Brussels, 1995, pp. 56, 57, 60, 61.
  • Revue Sgraffito , n ° 50, 2007, Un patrimoine en péril , avenue de Visé , p. 19. (Concerning Villa Ricordo ).

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personal data
SURNAME Van Dievoet, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1934
Place of death Saint-Gilles