Theofiel Agnes van de Kerckhove (1911 - 2010)

Theofiel Agnes van de Kerckhove

Theofiel Agnes van de Kerckhove was a Belgian painter, graphic artist, set designer and scenographer.

He studied painting at the Antwerp Academy, where he also took classes with sculptors Dekkers, Claessens and Dupont, and joined the Rupelgouw artists' association in Boom in 1936. Van de Kerckhove worked as a stage designer at the opera in Lille, and lived for a time in Germany. Here he worked with Albert Servaes, whom he had met while at the academy. In the 1950s, Van de Kerckhove was a curator at the Rocoxhuis and one of the set designers for Belgian television.