Portrait fauviste (1936) Painting by Fernand Dresse

DRESS Fernand. Born in Charleroi on April 18, 1916. Died in Charleroi on May 27, 1993.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels 1932: student of A. VAN HAELEN.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Mons from 1932 to 1935: student of Louis BUISSERET.
Painter, realistic designer of portraits, figures, landscapes of the Charleroi region, composition of flowers.
Approved restorer of the Royal Institute of Artistic Heritage of paintings and sculptures.
Exhibitions in Belgium since 1937. Exhibitions in France, in Paris, since 1951.
Member and exhibitor of the Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Member and permanent exhibitor since 1959 of the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. Member of the Salon Comparaison de Paris since 1961. Member of the Salon d'Automne de Paris. Member of the Asnières Drawing Salon. Member and exhibitor of the Cercle Royal Artistique de Charleroi.
Works: at the Charleroi Museum of Fine Arts and in numerous private collections.

"Fernand DRESSE is distinguished by fundamental originality and exceptional virtuosity.
This cruel and lucid portraitist creates psychological climates. The rigor of the composition of his industrial landscapes and his poetic still lifes reveal an attentive and remarkable personality."
Extract from the "Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Belgium since 1830", Editions ARTO, 1994.

• Nationality: BELGIUM
• Date of birth : 1916
• Artistic domains: Represented by a Gallery,
• Groups: Contemporary Belgian Artists Artists presented by a gallery