LEDUC Paul
VIEW OF MARTIGUES
Oil on canvas: 69 x 79 cms / 27.2 x 31.1 ins
Signed lower right
Painter of landscapes and town views.
Paul Leduc began his studies in the company of the pupils of Joseph Coosemans in Tervueren. He was a pupil at the Academy of Mons under Bourlard (1891-1896) and at the NHISKA under Albert Baertsoen. He worked in Belgium and The Netherlands, but mostly in the South of France and Italy, were he made representations of the rivers, the canals and the bridges.
Leduc quickly evolved to French Impressionism and later on to Illuminism.
Period:
La Louvière 1876 - Schaerbeek (Brussels) 1943
Belgian School
Exhibitions:
Royal Family of Belgium - Brussels - Bucarest - Buenos Aires - Charleroi - Frankfurt - Mons - Rio de Janeiro
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Paul Leduc; 1876-1943", Knokke 1990.
