François Maret (; 1893–1985), also known as Frans van Ermengem or Frans Ermengem, was a Belgian poet, painter and art critic. He was the son of the bacteriologist Émile van Ermengem and the younger brother of the writer

Franz Hellens Franz Hellens, born Frédéric van Ermengem (8 September 1881, in Brussels – 20 January 1972, in Brussels) was a prolific Belgian novelist, poet and critic. Although of Flemish descent, he wrote entirely in French, and lived in Paris from 1947 t ...

. He is remembered as an editor of the ''Tribune dramatique'' and as a staunch supporter of

General Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 193 ...

in the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

. He translated Dutch books of art criticism like Urbain van de Voorde's ''Ferdinand Schirren'' and Hubert Lampo's ''Lod De Maeyer''. He wrote volumes of poetry which he illustrated himself under an assumed name. He also provided new illustrations for books by

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poetry, French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticis ...

and

Charles van Lerberghe Charles van Lerberghe (21 October 1861 – 26 October 1907) was a Belgian author who wrote in French and was particularly identified with the symbolist movement. The growing atheism and anticlerical stance evident in his later work made it popula ...

. His date of death has been given variously as 1973, 1982, and 1985.Artnet
and other art catalogues.

Some works

* ''Les grands chantiers au soleil'' (1938) * ''Le Poisson volant, Les Rascasses, La Panthère noire'', short stories (1941) * ''Ballade des dames de tous les temps. Asmodée'' (1943) * ''L'île des sirènes'' (1945) * ''

Théo van Rysselberghe Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe (23 November 1862 – 13 December 1926) was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century. Biography Early years Born i ...

'' (1949) * ''

Eugène Laermans Eugène Jules Joseph Baron Laermans (22 October 1864 – 22 February 1940) was a Belgian painter. Life He was born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. At the age of eleven, he contracted meningitis, which left him deaf and nearly mute (although some source ...

'' (1959) * ''La Conque marine: le phénomène poétique, 1943–1946'' (1968)

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