Rue des Fontenelles has dated this piece to the 1950s.
Jean Govaerts was born in Brussels on October 17, 1898 and died there on September 2, 1985.
Govaerts was initiated to drawing by his father from his childhood, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and joined the “Orientation Group” bringing together artists such as Albert Crommelynck, Pierre Caille and Albert Van Dyck. Jean Govaerts began in Brussels in 1934 and then exhibited throughout Belgium and abroad, including, Copenhagen, Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Lausanne and even Cairo. From his first exhibition, his ardor and spontaneity where noticed - painting with fluidity and a generous palette. His favourite subjects become the sea, the Ardennes and more generally, the forest.
He has works in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Brussels, Museums of Ixelles, Mons, Ostend.
Rue des Fontenelles has dated this piece to the 1950s.
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Vase of Flowers - Antique Oil Painting
