Louis Gustave Cambier (1874 - 1949)
1874-06-13Schaerbeek, Belgium1949-05-23Ixelles, BelgiumBelgium
Louis Gustave Cambier
Louis Gustave Cambier is a Belgian painter-painter and sculptor, member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels.
Cambier studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and was a co-founder of the Brussels artists' group Le Labeur. During the First World War, he worked as a professor of sculpture at the Académie de Nice and one of his students was Henri Matisse.
Cambier painted landscapes, still lifes and genre scenes, as well as portraits of famous contemporaries, including, for example, a portrait of Winston Churchill.
Date and place of birt: | 13 june 1874, Schaerbeek, Belgium |
---|---|
Date and place of death: | 23 may 1949, Ixelles, Belgium |
Nationality: | Belgium |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Educator, Engraver, Painter, Sculptor |
Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life |
Art style: | Impressionism, Realism |