Henri Evenepoel

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Henri Jacques Edouard Evenepoel (born October 3, 1872 in Nice , † December 27, 1899 in Paris ) was a Belgian painter, etcher and lithographer.

Born in France to Belgian parents, he studied painting in Brussels, first at the Académie des Beaux-Arts Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and then at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles . He also studied painting in Ernest Blanc-Garin's studio and decoration with Adolphe Crespin.

He continued his studies from 1892 at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris with Pierre-Victor Galland . But his teacher died in November of the same year and in 1893 Evenepoel began his apprenticeship in Gustave Moreau's studio .

In addition to painting, he dealt with lithography and etching. He was influenced by many artists of the Parisian fin de siècle . He joined the concerns of the Nabis , especially Édouard Vuillard and Félix Vallotton , whose works he had seen in particular at the Salon des Indépendants in 1893.

During the winter of 1897/98 he visited Algeria. On his return to Paris, he died a few months later of typhus at the age of 27.

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SURNAME Evenepoel, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evenepoel, Henri Jacques Edouard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter, etcher and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Nice
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1899
Place of death Paris