Marcel Caron (1890–1961) was a

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painter born in

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Biography

His father, Alphonse Caron, also a painter, worked at the Gobelins Manufactory, in 1901, as his family returns to Liège and through the connections of his father, meets Auguste Donnay and Richard Heintz. After close ties with the

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, he discovers

Flemish Expressionism Flemish Expressionism, also referred to as Belgian Expressionism, was one of the dominant art styles in Flanders during the interbellum. Influenced by artists like James Ensor and the early works of Vincent van Gogh, it was a distinct contemporary ...

and is influenced by

Gustave De Smet Gustave Franciscus De Smet (21 January 1877 – 8 October 1943) was a Belgian painter. Together with Constant Permeke and Frits Van den Berghe, he was one of the founders of Flemish Expressionism. His younger brother, , also became a painter. ...

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, Frits van den Berghe whose works are exposed at the art gallery ''Sélection'' he visits with Auguste Mambour. In 1926 he founds the group called ''l'Escalier'' with Mambour and

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. In 1930, at the end of his expressionist period, he sculpts on wood and stone and draws. In 1953 he exhibits abstract gouaches in the Gallery Le Carré in Liège, he continues his abstract research until his death in Liège in 1961 at the age of 71.

His works

Marcel Caron paints scenes of everyday life, ''Maternité'', ''Son Enfant'', ''Les Fiancés'', in the Wallonian Art Museum, ''L'escarpolette'', ''Le Jeune Garçon'' but also professions in ''Le Batelier'', ''Les Bûcherons'', ''La Bouture'', ''L'Homme à la Faux'', ''Les Plaisirs des Jours''.Jacques Parisse, ''L'Expressionnisme Wallon'', Édition du Perron, 1993

Exhibits

*1970-1971, Marcel Caron retrospective at the Museum of the Fine Arts of Liège. *1990, Abstract Marcel Caron, Cyan Gallery, Liège. *1992, Marcel Caron ''fusains et sanguines'', Cyan Gallery, Liège.

References

1890 births 1961 deaths People from Enghien 20th-century Belgian painters {{Belgium-bio-stub