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Permeke, Constant

A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art | 1999 | | Copyright

Permeke, Constant (1886–1952). Belgian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor, with Frits van den Berghe and Gustave de Smet one of the leading exponents of Expressionism in Belgium in the period between the two world wars. He was born in Antwerp, the son of a painter, Henri-Louis Permecke (1849–1912), and studied at the Academies of Bruges and Ghent before settling at Laethem-Saint-Martin in 1909. From 1912 to 1914 he lived in Ostend. He was badly wounded in 1914 whilst serving in the Belgian army and was evacuated to England. In 1919 he returned to Belgium, where he lived in Antwerp and then Ostend before building his own house and studio at Jabbeke, near Bruges, now a Permeke museum (he called his home De Vier Windstreken, ‘The Four Corners of the Earth'). His subjects were taken mainly from the life of the coastal towns of Belgium and he is best known for his strong and solemn portrayals of sailors and fishermen with their women (The Fiancés, Musées Royaux, Brussels. 1923). In addition to figure paintings, he painted numerous seascapes. From 1935 he also made sculpture, carving in artificial stone. During the Second World War he was unable to obtain materials for painting or sculpture and so concentrated on drawing in various media. After the war he was appointed director of the Institut National Supérieur and of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, both in Antwerp, but he soon resigned in order to devote himself to painting.

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Permeke, Constant

The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | Copyright

Permeke, Constant (b Antwerp, 31 July 1886; d Ostend, 4 Jan. 1952). Belgian painter and sculptor, one of the leading exponents of Expressionism in Belgium in the period between the two world wars. In 1914 he was badly wounded serving in the Belgian army and was evacuated to England. He returned to Belgium in 1919 and lived in Antwerp and Ostend before building his own house and studio at Jabbeke, near Bruges, now a Permeke museum (he called his home De Vier Windstreken, ‘The Four Corners of the Earth’). His subjects were taken mainly from the life of the coastal towns of Belgium and he is best known for his strong and solemn portrayals of sailors and fishermen with their women (The Fiancés, 1923, Mus. Royaux, Brussels). In addition to figure paintings, he painted numerous seascapes. From 1935 he also made sculpture, carving in artificial stone.

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Permeke, Constant

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists | 2003 | | Copyright

Permeke, Constant (1886–1952). Belgian painter and sculptor, one of the leading exponents of Expressionism in Belgium in the period between the two world wars. In 1914 he was badly wounded serving in the Belgian army and was evacuated to England. He returned to Belgium in 1919 and lived in Antwerp and Ostend before building his own house and studio at Jabbeke, near Bruges, now a Permeke museum (he called his home De Vier Windstreken: ‘The Four Corners of the Earth’). His subjects were taken mainly from the life of the coastal towns of Belgium and he is best known for his strong and solemn portrayals of sailors and fishermen with their women (The Fiancés, 1923, Mus. Royaux, Brussels). From 1935 he also made sculpture.

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