Louis Van Dievort
Louis Charles Van Dievort or Louis Van Dievort, birth name Ludovicus Carolus Van Dievort, last name sometimes also spelled Vandievort and Vandiervort (baptized 4 April 1875, Antwerp – died 13 May 1963, Watermael-Boitsfort) was a Belgian Realist painter. He is mainly known for his portraits, history scenes and genre works.
Life
Van Dievort was the son of Franciscus Josephus (Frans) Van Dievort (1832–1903) of Antwerp and Maria Philomena De Bock originally from Sint-Niklaas. His father was a sculptor. In the mid 1870s the family was living on the Avenue Plantyn (now Plantin en Moretuslei) in Antwerp. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp and the Higher Institute of Fine Art in Antwerp, where Albrecht De Vriendt was one of his teachers. He also trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where Léon Bonnat was one of his teachers. He enrolled at the École on 25 July 1895.
He participated during the late 1890s and early 1900s in various art exhibitions in Antwerp and Brussels as well as abroad such as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 in St. Louis, United States. In the early years of the 20th century he was living on the Vestingstraat in Antwerpen.
Work
His signed and dated works date to the period from 1892 to 1909. There are no later signed and dated works found which may indicate a change in career, clientele or location of the artist. He painted portraits, genre paintings and history scenes. Examples include works with titles such as Attila, Mourned by His Women, Merovingian Funeral, Making Jelly, Girl with a Red Scarf, an Invasion Episode, Portrait of Albert I of Belgium and Elegant elderly lady with an open book. His style reflects the Realist style of Belgian academic art and the influence of 17th-century Spanish and Dutch art.
References
- 1 2 "Dievort, Louis Charles van". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 25 September 2026
- ↑ Birth Certificate of Ludovicus Carolus Van Dievort at FelixArchief, Antwerp
- ↑ Fiche élève Charles Van Dievort at Reg Arts, Registre d'inscription à l'École des beaux-arts de Paris – 1813-1968
- 1 2 3 "Vandiervort, Louis". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank - Online, edited by Andreas Beyer, Bénédicte Savoy and Wolf Tegethoff. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur, 2021, accessed 26 September 2026
- ↑ 1877–1878 address book of Antwerp
- ↑ Salon d'aquarelles, exposition Lambeaux : catalogue, 1909, Société royale d'encouragement des beaux arts d'Anvers = Salon van waterverfschilderingen, tentoonstelling Lambeaux : cataloog, 1909, Koninklijke Maatschappij ter Aanmoediging der Schoone Kunsten van Antwerpen, p. 47
- ↑ Official catalogue of exhibitors. Universal Exposition, St. Louis, U.S.A. 1904 by Louisiana Purchase Exposition, (1904 : St. Louis, Mo.), p. 118
- ↑ Onze Kunst. Geïllustreerd maandschrift voor beeldende en decoratieve kunsten, jaargang 1, 1902, p. 176
- 1 2 Exposition inaugurale de la salle des fêtes de la ville, sous les auspices de l'administration communale : 8 février-9 mars 1908 / Inhuldingingstentoonstelling der stadsfeestzaal, met de ondersteuning van het gemeentebestuur : 8 februari-9 maart 1908, Société royale d'encouragement des beaux-arts (Antwerp, Belgium), 1908, p. 533
- ↑ Louis-Charles Van Dievort (1875–1963), Girl with a Red Scarf, 1892 at Waddington's auction of 11 June 2026, Toronto, lot 27
- ↑ Louis-Charles Van Dievort (1875–1963), Elegant elderly lady with an open book, at MJV Soudant auction, Gerpinnes, Belgium, 28 September 2025, lot 299
- ↑ Louis-Charles Van Dievort, Episode d'invasion, 1900, at Bernaerts Auctions, Antwerp, Belgium, 12-13 May 2014, lot 1530
External links
Media related to Louis Charles Van Dievort at Wikimedia Commons
