(3 April 1883 - 22 September 1939) was a Belgian expressionist painter.
He was born at Ghent. Like his friends Constant Permeke and Gustave De Smet, he first adopted the late-impressionist style of Emile Claus, but converted to expressionism during World War I.
The Idiot by the Pond
Date 1926(1926)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 111.8 x 95.8 cm (44 x 37.7 in)
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