Georges Brasseur (Belgian, 1880-1950)
Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: Europe: Pre 1920: Item # 1281863
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Morning Light
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left
Painting Size: 19.75” x 25.5”
Frame Size: 24 ” x 30”
Brasseur was a painter and designer who specialized in religious art as well as genre scenes, portraits and nudes.He was a student at the Saint-Luc School in Schaerbeek where he spent his last year as a scene painter. He adopted a Neo-Gothic style, typical of that school. Brasseur also produced copperplate engravings and stained glass windows. Among others, he worked with the Beyaert firm of Bruges and with the stained glass artist J. Osterrath.
Sources:
Benezit, E. "Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs"
"Le Dictionnaire des Peintres Belges du XIV Sicle du XIV Siècle à Nos Jours"
Piron, Paul , "De Belgische Beeldende Kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw"
