Léon Van Dievoet (; 5 July 1907 – 6 December 1993) was a Belgian

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

, engraver, and

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. He is the author of numerous drawings of places in Brussels that have since been demolished which have been described as a "mine of information for all those interested in the Brussels of yesteryear".In French: "mine d'informations pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent au Bruxelles d'antan". F. By, "Famille van Dievoet : Artistes, de père en fils", in ''

Le Vif/L'Express ''Le Vif/L'Express'' is a French language weekly news magazine published in Brussels, Belgium. It has been in circulation since 1963. History and profile The magazine was established under the name of ''Le Vif'' in 1983. Its name was changed to ...

'' numéro spécial Bruxelles: la saga des grandes familles, vol. 26, no. 47 (Le Vif) and no. 2993 (L'Express), 21–27 November 2008, p. 121.

Selected works

File:1939 rue de la Porte Rouge Maison Bruegel dessin par Léon van Dievoet 1939.JPG, ''Rue de la Porte Rouge'', Bruegel House, 1939 File:1942 L'église de Saint Josse ten Noode aquarelle par Léon van Dievoet juillet 1942.JPG,

Saint-Josse Saint-Josse (), or Saint-Josse-sur-Mer (literally ''Saint-Josse on Sea''), is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Saint-Josse is located 4 miles (6 km) west of Montreuil-sur-Mer on th ...

Church, July 1942 File:1943 église de Saint Job à Uccle aquarelle par Léon van Dievoet 11 juin 1943.JPG, Saint-Job Church in

Uccle Uccle () or Ukkel () is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). It is generally considered an affluent area of the city a ...

, June 1943 File:1939 Impasse rue de la Chapelle, dessin par Léon van Dievoet, 1939.JPG, Dead end in the ''rue de la Chapelle'', 1939 File:1941 église de la Chapelle par Léon van Dievoet 14 avril 1941.JPG,

Chapel Church nl, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Kapellekerk , native_name_lang = , image = Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Kapellekerk Brussel 30-4-2017 08-20-19.JPG , imagesize = , imagealt = , caption = Chapel ...

, April 1941 File:Bruxelles Le Carrousel août 1939 par LEON VAN DIEVOET.jpg, ''Le Carrousel'', August 1939 File:1979, Ferme à Beersel, huile sur toile par Léon van Dievoet.JPG, ''Ferme à

Beersel Beersel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On 1 January 2018 Beersel had a total population of 25,069. The total a ...

'', 1979 File:Maison LISMONDE 1070 chaussee de Ninove (Bruxelles) par architecte LEON VAN DIEVOET 1957.jpg, House of artist Lismonde, ''chaussée de Ninove'', 1957 File:1946 Uccle r. Langeveld, architecte LEON VAN DIEVOET, maison Durdut.jpg, Durdut house, ''rue Langeveld'',

File:1935 avant-projet de pont en béton armé à Prats de Mollo, architecte LEON VAN DIEVOET.jpg, Project for a bridge in

Prats de Mollo Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France, near the border with Spain and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. The name ''Prats-de-Mollo'' com ...

, 1935 File:Projet immeuble quartier des Nations, par Léon van Dievoet, 1936.jpg, Project for a building, ''quartier des Nations'', 1936 File:Projet villa architecte Leon van Dievoet 1936.jpg, Project for a

villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...

, 1936

Honours

Knight of the

Order of Léopold The Order of Leopold ( nl, Leopoldsorde, french: Ordre de Léopold, ) is one of the three current Belgian national honorary orders of knighthood. It is the oldest and highest order of Belgium and is named in honour of its founder, King Le ...

Knight of the Order of the Crown

Selected works

Honours

Notes and references

Further reading