Théo van Rysselberghe
Théo Van Rysselberghe ( born November 23, 1862 in Ghent, † December 13, 1926 in Saint -Clair in Le Lavandou, France) actually Théophile van Rysselberghe, was probably the most important Flemish painters of pointillism.
Life
His older brother is the Flemish architect Octave van Rysselberghe. Together with the two years older James Ensor he trained at the Academy of Brussels for the painter. One of his teachers there was Jean -François Portaels. His first works, which appeared in 1881 at the Salon of Brussels in public, have a strong influence of Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas recognize. The following year he undertook an extended trip to Spain and Morocco. On this journey, a series of images created with exotic flair, which he presented in 1883 to the public.
In 1883 he was one of the founding members of the Société des Vingt (Group of XX), a group of avant-garde artists who fought for artistic exchange between France and Belgium.
On a trip to Paris, he met Georges Seurat and know its pointillisitische Technique. Particularly well-known image of Seurat Sunday on La Grande Jatte Summer (Le Dimanche d'été à la Grande Jatte ) exerted a strong fascination for him. He started his own painting technique on its own and remained their 1890-1910 faithful. In addition to painting, he held the sculpture and the graphic arts. Furthermore, his posters litters are estimated from this time eg for the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons- Lits today ( 2011).
In 1897, he relocated to Paris. After the death of his friend and idol Georges Seurat he turned gradually from the pointillism. In 1910 he zogt to the French Mediterranean coast. In his later years he painted a series of colorful female nudes, which radiate a lively, cheerful mood.