Maurice Blieck
Maurice Blieck (born September 13, 1876 in Laeken , † February 5, 1922 in Brussels ) was a Belgian naval, port, landscape and genre painter.
Blieck studied at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles . He was also influenced by his cousin Paul Blieck (1867-1901). His spirited work was attributed to impressionism and Belgian luminism .
He made his debut at the exhibition in Ghent in 1895. With Jef Lambeaux , Alfred Bastien, Jean Laudy and Maurice Wagemans he became a founding member of the Brussels artists' association "Le Sillon" and from 1896 took part in the group's exhibitions. In 1896 he went on a study trip to Paris and England. He settled in Rouge-Cloître near Brussels.
During the First World War he stayed in Paris and London. During his stay in London he developed his own color palette with delicate light effects.
He painted landscapes mostly near the Rouge-Cloitre outside Brussels and near Genk in the Limburg Kempen.
literature
- Blieck, Maurice in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (online)
- Henry Hymans: Blieck, Maurice . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 117 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Maurits Blieck. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blieck, Maurice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blieck, Aurélien Maurice Marcel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian naval, harbor, landscape and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laeken |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1922 |
| Place of death | Brussels |