Heva Coomans (1860–1939) was a Belgian painter. Coomans was born in Paris as the daughter of the painter Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans (1816–1889) and Adelaide Lacroix (1838–1884). Her sister

Diana Coomans Diana Coomans (16 August 1861 – 18 June 1952) was a Belgian painter. Coomans was born in Paris as the daughter of the painter Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans (1816–1889) and Adelaide Lacroix (1838–1884). Her sister Heva Coomans and her brot ...

was also a painter and her brother Oscar Coomans (1848–1884) was a poet. Like her father and sister, she painted romantic portrayals of the original inhabitants of

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before the eruption of

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, but also is known for depicting young women in other mythological or heroic scenes.Heva Coomans
in

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Coomans died in

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Heva Coomans
on artnet 1860 births 1939 deaths Painters from Paris Belgian women painters Sibling artists 19th-century Belgian painters 19th-century Belgian women artists 20th-century Belgian painters 20th-century Belgian women artists 20th-century women painters 19th-century women painters {{Belgium-painter-stub