Auguste Levêque
Belgian painter
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Auguste Levêque (1866–1921) was a Belgian painter influenced both by realism and symbolism. Levêque was also a sculptor, poet and art theoretician.
Auguste Levêque | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1866 Nivelles, Belgium |
| Died | c. 1921 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium |
| Education | Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels |
| Occupation | Painter |
Levêque was born in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant. He studied under Jean-François Portaels at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and received the Prix Godecharle for his painting Job in 1890.
Levêque was a member of the "Salon d'Art Idéaliste", formed by Jean Delville in Brussels in 1896, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon. Other members of the group were Léon Frédéric, Albert Ciamberlani, Constant Montald, Emile Motte, Victor Rousseau, Armand Point and Alexandre Séon. The Salon was abandoned in 1898.[1] He died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
Notable paintings
- Job
- Les Dentelles d'airain
- Panthéra et Vipérena
- Mater dolorosa
- Circé
- Dante
- Parque
- Repos
- Ouvriers tragiques
- Triomphe de la Mort
- Moisson future
- Hymne d'Amour
- Repos de Diane
- Combat de Centaures
- Portrait d'Edmond Picard (I)
- Portrait d'Edmond Picard (II)
Notable sculptures
- Fin de Sodome
- Triomphe de la Vigne
- Combat d'amazones
- Vision païenne
Gallery
Lovers, 1918
Hymn to women, 1909
Pomone, 1904
Love Hymn, 1921
Painter at the easel
