1899 - 1987

Karta informacyjna

  • Art period: Modern
  • Died: 1987
  • Also known as:
    • Edith Clementina Brunhilda Campendonk
    • Edith Van Leckwijck
    • Edith Clementina Brunhilda Campendonk-van Leckwijc
    • Edith Campendonk-van Leckwijk
    • Edith Clementina Brunhilda Campendonk-van Leckwijck
  • Museums on this site: Królewskie Muzeum Sztuk Pięknych Antwerpia
  • Top 3 works: Garden in Bretagne
  • Nationality: Belgium

Early Life and Artistic Beginnings

Born in Antwerp, Belgium, Edith van Leckwyck was the daughter of Charles Van Leckwyck, a wealthy coffee roaster. During the war in 1914, her family relocated to The Hague, where she lived a life of luxury. It was in The Hague that she received her first formal training in painting under Jules Schmalzigaug and Willem Paerels. Following her return to Antwerp in 1918, she later studied under Floris Jespers.

Her life took a significant turn through her marriage to Prince Mirra Mahmoud Khan des Beny Saghaph, a union that was eventually dissolved in Paris in 1923. After regaining her independence, she met Wassily Kandinsky and Heinrich Campendonk at an exhibition in Antwerp in 1929. This meeting led to a trade of two glass paintings with Campendonk, and the two eventually married in Middelkerke in 1935.

Artistic Evolution and Later Years

Van Leckwyck's oeuvre is characterized by several distinct phases. Her early work focused on topographical landscapes and village scenes. Later, her style evolved into the painting of expressionist landscapes and cityscapes, as well as impressions of the sea, flora, fauna, and fantasy subjects. In her later years, after moving to Amsterdam and eventually returning to painting in a studio in Oostende, her work shifted toward a fluid style using bright colors to depict subjects such as airplanes and cars.

Her technical repertoire included:

Throughout her life, her work was held in various collections, including the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, which holds her 1930 work, Garden in Bretagne.

Pytania i odpowiedzi

Do jakiej epoki należał/a Edith van Leckwyck?

Edith van Leckwyck tworzył w okresie Modern. Epoka ta osadza twórczość artysty w kontekście historycznym.

Które dzieła Edith van Leckwyck są najczęściej oglądane?

Dla artysty Edith van Leckwyck dostępna jest strona Statystyki odwiedzin, która prezentuje statystyki dotyczące jego dzieł w serwisie niniejsza strona.

Gdzie mogę zobaczyć dzieła Edith van Leckwyck w porządku chronologicznym?

Strona Chronologia dzieł prezentuje dzieła Edith van Leckwyck uporządkowane chronologicznie, rok po roku.

Czy dostępna jest wirtualna wycieczka 3D po dziełach Edith van Leckwyck?

Wirtualna Galeria 3D artysty Edith van Leckwyck to strona prezentująca jego dzieła w wirtualnej galerii trójwymiarowej.

Test wiedzy

Do każdego pytania dotyczy tylko jedna poprawna odpowiedź.

Pytanie 1:
In which city was Edith van Leckwyck born?
Pytanie 2:
Who was Edith's husband, with whom she traveled to Bretagne in 1930?
Pytanie 3:
Which museum holds the work 'Garden in Bretagne' in its collection?
Pytanie 4:
Where did Edith van Leckwyck live after fleeing the rise of Nazism with her husband?
Pytanie 5:
What type of subjects did Edith begin to paint with bright colors in her later years in Ostend?