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Albert Philippot
Albert Philippot (1899, Couillet, Belgium, Couillet, Charleroi - 1974, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels) was a Belgian painter and art restorer. Life He entered the Brussels Academy in 1918 and was initially influenced by his tutors Jean Delville and Constant Montald, though in a vein that was more lyrical than intellectual."Portrait of the artist's wife", 1922; "Candor", 1922, private collection In the 1920s he produced large decorative works in tempera as well as developing his oil technique between 1926 and 1930 on portraits, nudes, interiors and landscapes. He also drew on old masters and their techniques, influencing his own work as well as his restorations. His studio was set on fire by a bomb in 1944, destroying most of his oeuvre, leading him to abandon painting to concentrate on restoration, in which he had been trained by his father-in-law Jef Van der Veken. He did still produce oil studies and brown chalk drawings until around 1950, mainly portraits and landscapes. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couillet, Belgium
Couillet (; wa, Couyet) is a town of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977. Culture The local theater company playing in Walloon language Walloon (; natively ; french: wallon) is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and (to a very small extent) in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, northern France; and a clutch of communities in northeastern Wisconsin, ..., the "''Cercle (royal) wallon de Couillet''", won the "''Grand Prix du Roi Albert I''" Walloon-speaking theater contest in 1932, 1952 and 1976. File:Couillet - Amicale Solvay.jpg, Solvay fraternity (1937-1939) File:Couillet - Eglise Saint-Laurent.jpg, Saint Lawrence church (16th century) File:Couillet - Maison communale.jpg, Former town hall (1882) File:Couillet - monument "Den Kameraden" - 06.jpg, German Monument "Den Kameraden" from 1915, blasted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
