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Frans Smeersartist • painterBrussel 1873-1960

biography of Frans Smeers

The Belgian painter Frans Smeers, born in 1873, was one of the founders of the art circle 'Sillon' during his studies at the academy in Brussels. These 'Sillonnists' reacted to the neo-impressionism that had become a meaningless routine in Belgium and initially opted for a return to a more realistic style of painting in a sombre palette. However, Smeers gradually opted for the light colours and the outdoor painting of the luminists. Around Nieuwpoort, a seaside resort south of Ostend, he painted beautiful beach and dune views, often with his wife and three daughters, bathed in a mother-of-pearl light, the paint applied with a quick stroke.


previously for salepaintings by Frans Smeers


Frans Smeers | Girl reading, oil on panel, 23.9 x 16.7 cm, signed l.r. and dated '16

Frans Smeers

painting • previously for sale

Girl reading

Frans Smeers | Children in the dunes, oil on canvas, 45.3 x 60.4 cm, signed l.r. and painted 1911 on the reverse

Frans Smeers

painting • previously for sale

Children in the dunes

Frans Smeers | On the beach; verso: the daughters of the painter, oil on panel, 44.0 x 54.5 cm, signed on the reverse

Frans Smeers

painting • previously for sale

On the beach; verso: the daughters of the painter

Frans Smeers | Women reading on the beach of Nieuwpoort, oil on canvas laid down on painter's board, 32.9 x 40.9 cm, signed l.r.

Frans Smeers

painting • previously for sale

Women reading on the beach of Nieuwpoort


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