René De Pauw

Caricature 1916

René De Pauw (born June 14, 1887 in Pittem , † January 26, 1946 in Uccle / Ukkel ) was a Belgian painter, draftsman, caricaturist and illustrator.

René De Pauw was born to Karel-Lodewijk De Pauw and Emma De Stoop. In 1901 René came to Bruges with his family .

René initially studied humanities at Sint-Lodewijkscollege and continued his two-year study of philosophy and literature at Ghent University. At the same time he studied at the Academie voor Schone Kunsten Brugge with Flori Van Acker. In 1913 he became a leader.

After studying during the First World War , he worked as a political cartoonist. During this time he also painted some portraits.

In 1920 he moved to Etterbeek in the center of Brussels, where he worked as a freelance artist. In 1932 he moved to the spa town of Knokke-Heist in West Flanders and lived among the fishermen on the North Sea coast. In 1934 he published a book with his own illustrations about the life of the Heister Fischer. He also illustrated books by other authors. In 1942, like all residents, he had to leave the so-called restricted area and went back to Gerardstraat in Etterbeek, where he died of cancer in 1946.

His most important works include the wall paintings created in 1939 in the new building of the Bruges train station.

Works

• René De Pauw: Gens de mer et pêche maritime , Brugge, Desclée de Brouwer, 1934, with own illustraties.

literature

• Fernand Bonneure, René De Pauw , in: Lexicon van West-Vlaamse beeldende kunstenaars, T. I, Kortrijk, 1992.
• Robert De Laere, René De Pauw , in: Brugse beeldende kunstenaars omstreeks de eeuwwisseling, Deel II, Brugge, 1992.

Web links

Commons : René De Pauw  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• René de Pauw. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
• De Pauw, René in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
• Wall paintings in Bruges train station