The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent ( nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Gent, KASK) is an art school that is one of the oldest art schools in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. It is now part of the
Hogeschool Gent
University College Ghent ( nl, Hogeschool Gent), commonly known as HoGent, is the largest university college in Flanders, with three faculties, one School of Arts and over 17,000 students as of 2022.
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History
The Academy was founded in 1748 as a school for drawing by the painter, Philippe Karel Marissal, at his home. During his studies in Paris, Marissal had become impressed by the , and was inspired to create a similar establishment in his home city. The Academy was granted a royal charter in 1771 by empress
Maria Theresa of Austria
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position ''suo jure'' ( ...
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In 1995, the Academy was one of the sixteen educational institutions that were merged into the
Hogeschool Gent
University College Ghent ( nl, Hogeschool Gent), commonly known as HoGent, is the largest university college in Flanders, with three faculties, one School of Arts and over 17,000 students as of 2022.
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Staff
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Carl De Keyzer
Carl De Keyzer (27 December 1958) is a Belgian photographer. Major subjects in his work have included the collapse of Soviet Union and India. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1994. De Keyzer has exhibited his work in many European gal ...
Jean-François Portaels
Jean-François Portaels or Jan Portaels (3 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits and orientalist subjects. He was also a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts ...
(1818–1895)
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Raoul Servais
Raoul Servais (born 1 May 1928) is a Belgian filmmaker, animator, and comics artist. He was born in Ostend, Belgium, and is a fundamental figure of the Belgian animation scene, as well as the founder of the animation faculty of the Royal Academy ...
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Frits Van den Berghe
Frits Van den Berghe (3 April 1883 – 23 September 1939) was a Belgian expressionist and surrealist painter and illustrator.
Biography
He was born in Ghent, where his father was the Librarian at the University of Ghent.
* Roger Wittevrongel
Joseph-Pierre Braemt
Joseph-Pierre Braemt (15 June 1796 – 2 December 1864) was a Belgian medalist and coin designer.
Biography
After training at the academies of Ghent and then Brussels, Joseph-Pierre Braemt perfected his craft in Paris with the engraver Andrà ...
Walter De Buck
Walter De Buck (13 July 1934 – 21 December 2014) was a Belgian singer, sculptor and the founder of the modern (Ghent Festival).
De Buck was born in Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a ...
(1934–2014)
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Jan De Cock
Jan De Cock (born 2 May 1976 in Etterbeek) is a contemporary Belgian visual artist. From the start of his career, his art has revolved around production and the ways in which an artist relates to the broad culturally-injected concept of Modernism. ...
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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Gerda Dendooven
Gerda Dendooven (born 10 May 1962) is a Belgian illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Gouden Uil, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs and the Boekenpauw on several occasions.
Early life
Dendooven was born in 1962 in ...
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Lukas Dhont
Lukas Dhont (born 1991) () is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019.
Early life
Dhont was born in Gent (in English Ghent), Belgium. His mother, Hilbe is a fashion teacher at an art ...
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Nick Ervinck
Nick Ervinck (born 1981) is a Belgian artist.
Biography
Ervinck was born in 1981, in Kortemark. From the age of 15, he studied at the Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Bruges and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent.
Work
Ervinc ...
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Mous Lamrabat
Moustapha "Mous" Lamrabat (born 1983) is a Moroccan-born Belgian photographer, of Moroccan and Flemish descent. He is known for both fashion photography under Studio Mousmous, and fine art photography.
Biography
Lamrabat was born in Temsama ...
(born 1983) Moroccan-born Belgian photographer
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Frans Masereel
Frans Masereel (31 July 1889 – 3 January 1972) was a Flemish painter and graphic artist who worked mainly in France, known especially for his woodcuts focused on political and social issues, such as war and capitalism. He completed over ...
(1889–1972)
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George Minne
George (Georges) Minne (born ''Georgius Joannes Leonardus Minne''; 30 August 1866 – 18 February 1941) was a Belgian artist and sculptor famous for his idealized depictions of man's inner spiritual conflicts, including the "Kneeling Youth" scu ...
(1866–1941)
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Constant Montald
Constant Montald (Ghent, 4 December 1862 – Brussels, 5 March 1944) was a Belgian painter, muralist, sculptor, and teacher.
Biography Early years
In 1874, while receiving an education in decorative painting at the technical school of Ghent du ...
(1862–1944)
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Joseph Paelinck
Joseph Paelinck, (20 March 1781 – 19 June 1839) was a painter from the Southern Netherlands.
Biography
Paelinck attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) and then with Jacques-Louis David in Paris, where he painted in 1804 ''A Judgment ...
(1781–1839)
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Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke (; 31 July 1886 – 4 January 1952) was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.
Biography
Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ost ...
(1886–1952)
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Max Pinckers
Max Pinckers (1988) is a Belgian photographer based in Brussels.
He has self-published the books ''The Fourth Wall'' (2012); ''Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty'' (2014), which won a Photographic Museum of Humanity grant); and ''R ...
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Raoul Servais
Raoul Servais (born 1 May 1928) is a Belgian filmmaker, animator, and comics artist. He was born in Ostend, Belgium, and is a fundamental figure of the Belgian animation scene, as well as the founder of the animation faculty of the Royal Academy ...
Frits Van den Berghe
Frits Van den Berghe (3 April 1883 – 23 September 1939) was a Belgian expressionist and surrealist painter and illustrator.
Biography
He was born in Ghent, where his father was the Librarian at the University of Ghent.
* Felix Van Groeningen
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Jan Van Imschoot
Jan Van Imschoot (born 1963, Ghent) is a Belgium, Belgian contemporary artist whose works are collected by various international museums.
He is represented by major galleries including Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris and Brussels, Switzerland and ...
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Geo Verbanck
Geo (Georges) Verbanck (28 February 1881 – 12 December 1961) was a Belgian sculptor and medalist.
Early life
Born in the city of Ghent (Flanders), Belgium, Verbanck spent his childhood in the care of a foster family at the countryside in Laar ...