Auguste Levêque (1866 – 1921) was a Belgian painter influenced both by

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and

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. Levêque was also a sculptor, poet and art theoretician. Levêque was born in

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. He studied under

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at the

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in Brussels, and received the

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for his painting ''Job'' in 1890. Levêque was a member of the " Salon d'Art Idéaliste", formed by

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in Brussels in 1896, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the

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ian Rose & Cross Salon. Other members of the group were

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, Emile Motte,

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and

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. The Salon was abandoned in 1898. He died in

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Notable paintings

*''Job'' *''Les Dentelles d'airain'' *''Panthéra et Vipérena'' *''Mater dolorosa'' *''Circé'' *''Dante'' *''Parque'' *''Repos'' *''Ouvriers tragiques'' *''Triomphe de la Mort'' *''Moisson future'' *''Hymne d'Amour'' *''Repos de Diane'' *''Combat de Centaures'' *''Portrait d'Edmond Picard'' (I) *''Portrait d'Edmond Picard'' (II)

Notable sculptures

*''Fin de Sodome'' *''Triomphe de la Vigne'' *''Combat d'amazones'' *''Vision païenne''

References

Sources

* P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, pp. 422–423.

External links

Dictionnaire des peintres belges (in french)
1866 births 1921 deaths People from Nivelles 19th-century Belgian painters 19th-century Belgian male artists 20th-century Belgian painters 20th-century Belgian male artists {{Belgium-painter-stub