WILLAERT Ferdinand
TASTY BUTTER
Oil on canvas: 170.5 x 104 cm / 67.1 x 40.9 in
Signed lower left
Painter of landscapes, town views, genre scenes, convents, calvaries, docks and portraits.
Ferdinand Willaert was a pupil of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent under Canneel. He had a preference for painting convents and urban sites in the Flemish area. In 1901, he became honorary principal of the Academy of Termonde, where he succeeded Jaak Rosseels.
Calvaries, docks, small streets and convents are the subjects in which he specialized.
Period:
Ghent 1861 - 1938
Belgian School
Exhibitions:
Antwerp - Bruges - Ghent
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 793.
J.P. De Bruyn, "De Dendermondse Schilderschool", Dendermonde 1994, p 207-221.