FRANCOIS Joseph
AT GROENENDAEL CASTLE, BELGIUM
Oil on canvas: 45.3 x 65 cm / 17.8 x 25.6 in
Signed lower left
Painter of landscapes, beach scenes and wooded views.
Much of François’ work was also inspired by the Forest of Soignes, the Campine and the region around Spa.
From 1913 onwards he exhibited at the Salon of Paris. Between 1905 and 1934 François exhibited with the ‘Cercle des Beaux-Arts’ in Liège.
Period:
Brussels 1851 - 1940
Belgian School
Exhibitions:
Brussels - Charleroi - Huy
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 292.
