Leon de smet biography of nancy

Léon de Smet was born 20 July 1881 in the Belgian city of Ghent, the son of Maria Seranne and Jules de Smet, the owner of a firm of decorators. He was the brother of Gustave de Smet (1877-1943), also a painter. De Smet enrolled in the academy in Ghent in 1893, and, in 1895 studied painting with Jean Devlin 1853-1929 and subsequently with Jules van Biesbroeck.

Léon de Smet was, like his brother, to become a highly distinguished artist whose works were exhibited throughout Europe and in the United States.

He was a follower of Emile Claus (1849-1924) and the Luminist school, a group heavily influenced by the Impressionists, and a member of the ‘Vie et Lumière’ circle of artists with Théo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926).

Leon de Smet – Artwork and Bio of the Belgian Artist - Artlex

He first exhibited in Ghent and Antwerp in 1901 and in Brussels in 1903. By 1909 de Smet was representing Belgium at the Venice Biennale and the following year his work was included in an international exhibition in Brussels along with that of Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Léon de Smet (1881-1966) Pointillist painter | Tutt'Art ...

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