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Ernest Faut

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Ernest Faut
Born
Ernest Faut

(1879-01-27)27 January 1879
Ghent, Belgium
Died17 October 1961(1961-10-17) (aged 82)
Leuven, Belgium
EducationAcademy of Brussels
Academy of Leuven
OccupationPainter

Ernest Faut (27 January 1879 – 17 October 1961)[1][2] was a Flemish - Belgian painter.[3] He was a draftsman, painter and lithographer of decorative works, landscapes, interiors, psychological portraits, religious scenes, churches and beguinages.

Life and work

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Ernest Faut started his education at the Academy of Brussels with Constant Montald and also studied at the Academy of Leuven with Constantin Meunier. He was a professor for forty years (until 1944) at the Academy of Leuven, of which he later became director.[4]

Faut delivered technically very strong paintings, with a delicate and sensitive range of colors. Faut also used the chiaroscuro technique. In the 1930s, his work mainly featured symbolic scenes with a late after-effect of Art Nouveau influences. Some paintings are characterized by a hazy melancholy.

Faut's work is dispersed in several museums, including the M – Museum of Leuven.

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Bibliography

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  • Marc Eemans, Biografische woordenboek der Belgische kunstenaars van 1830 tot 1970, 1979, vol. 1, p. 216
  • Paul Piron, De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw, 1999, vol. 1, p. 550
  • La Renaissance du Livre, Le dictionnaire des peintres Belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours Bruxelles, 1994

References

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  1. ^ Eeemans
  2. ^ Piron
  3. ^ "Ernest Faut". Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ernest Faut Preekstoel, Sint-Pieter Leuven". www.belgiansculptures.be. Retrieved October 16, 2021.