Gustave Van Steenwegen: 'Forest under the sky' - Oil on canvas - Belgium - 1950-1959

Gustave Van Steenwegen: 'Forest under the sky' - Oil on canvas - Belgium - 1950-1959

Much sought-after expressionist/abstract landscape painting by the Belgian painter Gustave Van Steenwegen (1905-1986), titled 'Forest under the sky'. We see a colorful forest painted with clean lines under an impressive sky. Signed by the master at the bottom right and professionally stretched on the frame.

Gust Van Steenwegen (Antwerp, February 11, 1905 – Antwerp, April 16, 1986) was a Flemish expressionist painter and draftsman active. During the First World War he received private drawing lessons from Gerard van der Heyden in Breda and in 1923 he took drawing lessons from Albert Geudens in Brussels. He was self-taught in painting. He was a member of the Antwerp art circles Moderne Kunst and Kunst van Heden and participated in the exhibitions organized by the Cercle Artistique of Antwerp. Together with Jan De Schutter and Jack Godderis he founded Het Vrije Atelier in Antwerp and also taught there. Gust Van Steenwegen painted landscapes, seascapes, flowers and still lifes.

Status report: in good condition
Dimensions: 85x2x90cm
Weight: 2.4kg

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