THE PAINTINGS OF FLORENT VERSCHOOTE
Belgian (Flemish) Landscape Artist (1892-1965)
Adrian V W Freer
 

It is probably true to say that, relative to size of the population, there have been more Flemish painters than in any other nation in the world. Famous names such as Jan van Eyck (c.1385–1441), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1526–1569), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638) and Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) immediately spring to mind.

As well as those who are well known to this day there were also a great many other minor artists who were painting and recording the distinctive scenery of Flanders. History may well have all but forgotten most of them, but they were nevertheless still important figures in the history of art. Up until a couple of generations ago, painting was arguably the most popular pastime amongst countless ordinary inhabitants of the region.

This book is devoted to the paintings of one such typical Belgian/Flemish artist, Florent Verschoote (1892-1965), and it is hoped that by bringing his pictures before a wider audience it will bring about a re-evaluation of his work, and also that of other contemporary Belgian/Flemish artists of which there were a great many.

In this volume there is a biography of Florent's life, illustrations of his major works (some of which are extremely large), a selection of smaller oil paintings, some charcoal drawings and a few sketches from his notebooks.

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Chapters include:

* Biography of Florent Verschoote

* Major oil paintings

* Other paintings in oil

*Charcoal drawings

* Pencil drawings

* Preliminary pencil sketches

*Alvaro Verschoote (1890-1983)

* Select list of Belgian painters

* Historical footnote: Belgium/Flanders

88 colour pages, 72 illustrations and 2 maps
ISBN 978-0-9520304-8-5

WCP

Welford Court Press

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Published 17/6/2023