Aimé Leon Meyvis (1877 in

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– 1932) was a Flemish landscape painter who immigrated to

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in 1902. He became a member of the group known as the ''

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Regional Artists''. Meyvis studied at The Royal Academy in

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in the Netherlands. He exhibited at the 3rd Exhibition of Contemporary Artists in Washington, D.C., the

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, the

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and the

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. Most of his work was done in oils.

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1877 births 1932 deaths People from Saint-Gilles, Belgium Belgian painters American male painters Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists {{Belgium-painter-stub