Aloïs de Laet (1866 - 1949)

Aloïs de Laet

Aloïs De Laet was a Belgian painter. As a painter, Alois De Laet was a self-taught artist who, however, learned a lot from his two uncles who were decorative painters. In 1900 he was the first to exhibit in the Cornelis Landschotkapel with the social philosophical movement 'De Kapel'. De Laet called himself one of the first Antwerp socialist artists. He painted portraits, genre scenes and landscapes with a melancholy atmosphere. Under the influence of luminism, his color palette became brighter over the years. He was a member of several art circles, including Eenigen, Als ik Kan, de Scalden, La Libre Esthétique and Vie et Lumière.