STEVENS Gustave-Max
IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR
Oil on canvas: 85.5 x 55.5 cm / 33.7 x 21.8 in
Signed lower right
Painter of flowers, landscapes and portraits; lithographer.
Gustave-Max Stevens was a pupil of Jean François Portaels in Brussels and of Cormon in Paris. He was the author of the book “L’Ecrou” (1906) and co-founder and president of the art circle “Le Sillon”.
Stevens began his career as a Pre-Raphaelite. He left in 1902 for Algeria and Tunisia where he worked after nature. His style became more personal and innovative.
As a portraitist he mainly painted ladies and children.
This work was exhibited in December 1902 at the Cercle artistique et littéraire.
Period:
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Brussels) 1871 - Brussels 1946
Belgian School
Exhibitions:
Antwerp - Brussels - Ixelles
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 607 - 608.
