Emil Claus

Place: Sint-Eloois-Vijve

Born: 1849

Death: 1924

Biography:

Emile Claus (27 September 1849 – 14 June 1924) was a Belgian painter. Emile Claus was born on 27 September 1849, in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, a village in West-Flanders (Belgium), at the banks of the river Lys. Emile was the twelfth child in a family of thirteen. Father Alexander was a grocer-publican and for some time town councillor. Mother Celestine Ve...