Constant Permeke

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Born: 1886

Death: 1952

Biography:

Constant Permeke (Dutch: [kɔ̃ˈstɑ̃ː pɛrˈmeːkə] 31 July 1886 – 4 January 1952) was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism. Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend. Here his father, a landscape painter, founded in 1893 the Municipal Museum of Arts of wh...

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