Georges-Émile Lebacq (26 September 1876 – 4 August 1950) was a

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Biography

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painter, Lebacq was alternately a

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painter. He also painted church interiors (stained-glass windows and paintings). Certain works as "Lumière d'été à Cagnes-sur-Mer" or "Le Repos en Terrasse" are impressionist. Initially self-taught, he first exhibited while a soldier during

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. After the war he enrolled as a student at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

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in 1920, and thereafter worked mainly in

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Work

Most of Lebacq's paintings are in Beaux-Arts Mons ("BAM", the museum of fine arts in

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, Belgium), the Musée de la Venerie in

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Cagnes-sur-Mer Cagnes-sur-Mer (, literally ''Cagnes on Sea''; oc, Canha de Mar) is a French Riviera town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography Cagnes-sur-Mer is a town in south-eastern ...

, France, the

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in Brussels, or in private collections.

Gallery

File:Portrait de Georges Lebacq (fils) enfant-1910.JPG, Portrait de Georges Lebacq (fils) enfant 1910 File:Cagnes-1910.JPG, Cagnes 1910 File:CrosdeCagnes.JPG, A Cros de Cagnes 1914 File:Lumière-d'été-Vaux-Le-Pénil.JPG, Lumière d'été à Cagnes Circa 1918 File:Nature-morte à la Serviette, by Georges-Émile Lebacq, 1921.jpg, Fruits 1921 File:Poivrons et Aubergines-1922.jpg, Poivrons et Aubergines 1922 File:Vitrail-Goudou-St Jean-Baptiste.jpg, Vitrail du Choeur de l'église de Goudou (France) Décollation de St Jean-Baptiste 1941 File:Cougnac-1945.JPG, Cougnac 1945 File:Rue-à-Chamant-1928.JPG, Rue à Chamant 1928 File:Cagnes sur mer-1910.jpg, Cagnes sur mer, 1910

References

External links

Musée de Cagnes sur mer (Château Grimaldi)

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mons (Belgique)

Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Bruxelles (Belgique)

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lebacq, Georges Emile 1876 births 1950 deaths People from Mons Belgian painters Belgian Impressionist painters Académie Julian alumni