Jan Frans De Boever (1872 - 1949)

Jan Frans De Boever (1872 - 1949) - photo 1

Jan Frans De Boever

Jan Frans De Boever was a Belgian Symbolist painter. He received his training in Ghent at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He became a recognised celebrity at official exhibitions in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, and Liège. From 1909 onwards, he modified his style radically, painting women and prostitutes in morbid and bizarre settings, with skeletons, diabolism, subservient men and eroticism dominating his paintings. These paintings were allegorical and mythological, reflecting romantic imagery and depicting the universal struggle of good against evil. In 1914, he started to illustrate Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du mal" for the wealthy art-collector Speltinckx. Up to 1924, he made approximately 157 gouaches for the poems, though only 86 have been recovered. Once he had discovered his style, a form of Symbolism belonging to the decadent movement, he ignored ongoing artistic developments and drew his inspiration from literature, music, and mythology. He was still inspired by patriotism, creating several paintings concerning the World Wars, displaying death and catastrophe in the Symbolist style.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:8 june 1872, Gent, Belgium
Date and place of death:23 may 1949, Gent, Belgium
Nationality:Belgium
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Illustrator, Painter
Genre:Genre art, Nude art, Portrait
Art style:Symbolism

Creators Belgium

Peter Ykens (1648 - 1695)
Peter Ykens
1648 - 1695
Abraham Howarts (Govaerts) (1589 - 1626)
Abraham Howarts (Govaerts)
1589 - 1626
Louis-Eugène Simonis (1810 - 1882)
Louis-Eugène Simonis
1810 - 1882
Georges Vantongerloo (1886 - 1965)
Georges Vantongerloo
1886 - 1965
Marie de Bièvre (1865 - 1940)
Marie de Bièvre
1865 - 1940
Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598)
Abraham Ortelius
1527 - 1598
Alexander Adriaenssen (1587 - 1661)
Alexander Adriaenssen
1587 - 1661
Joseph Van Lerius (1823 - 1876)
Joseph Van Lerius
1823 - 1876
Eugène Siberdt (1851 - 1931)
Eugène Siberdt
1851 - 1931
Ferdinand Schirren (1872 - 1944)
Ferdinand Schirren
1872 - 1944
Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar (1837 - 1902)
Alfred Jean Andre Cluysenaar
1837 - 1902
Cornelis Mahu (1613 - 1689)
Cornelis Mahu
1613 - 1689
Joseph Lies (1821 - 1865)
Joseph Lies
1821 - 1865
Catharina Peeters (1615 - 1676)
Catharina Peeters
1615 - 1676
Henri van der Haert (1790 - 1846)
Henri van der Haert
1790 - 1846
Eugène Laermans (1864 - 1940)
Eugène Laermans
1864 - 1940

Creators Symbolism

Carl Mediz (1868 - 1945)
Carl Mediz
1868 - 1945
Michael Quistrebert (1982)
Michael Quistrebert
1982
Carlos Alfonzo (1950 - 1991)
Carlos Alfonzo
1950 - 1991
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 - 1904)
Henri Fantin-Latour
1836 - 1904
Otto Greiner (1869 - 1916)
Otto Greiner
1869 - 1916
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 - 1911)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
1875 - 1911
Daphne Constance Allen (1899 - 1985)
Daphne Constance Allen
1899 - 1985
Nicholas Byrne (1979)
Nicholas Byrne
1979
Federico Beltrán Masses (1885 - 1949)
Federico Beltrán Masses
1885 - 1949
Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848 - 1926)
Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov
1848 - 1926
Bak Koi Tay (1939 - 2003)
Bak Koi Tay
1939 - 2003
Klaus Rinke (1939)
Klaus Rinke
1939
Louise Catherine Breslau (1856 - 1927)
Louise Catherine Breslau
1856 - 1927
Armand Point (1861 - 1932)
Armand Point
1861 - 1932
Lee Man Fong (1913 - 1988)
Lee Man Fong
1913 - 1988
Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789 - 1869)
Johann Friedrich Overbeck
1789 - 1869