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

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Heva Coomans
on artnet 1860 births 1939 deaths Painters from Paris 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 Belgian women painters {{Belgium-painter-stub