Auguste Levêque

He studied under Jean-François Portaels at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and received the Prix Godecharle for his painting Job in 1890. Levêque was a member of the "Salon d'Art Idéaliste", formed by Jean Delville in Brussels in 1896, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon. Other members of the group were Léon Frédéric, Albert Ciamberlani, Constant Montald, Emile Motte, Victor Rousseau, Armand Point and Alexandre Séon. The Salon was abandoned in 1898. He died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.

• Born — c. 1866 • Birthplace — Nivelles, Belgium • Died — c. 1921 • Place of death — Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium • Occupation — Painter • Education — Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels • Illustration — Bacchanalia, oil on canvas

• Illustration — Lovers, 1918 • Illustration — Hymn to women, 1909 • Illustration — Pomone, 1904 • Illustration — Love Hymn, 1921 • Illustration — Painter at the easel

Auguste Levêque is recorded as painter, sculptor, designer, poet and theorist. Recognition and collections.

• Job • Les Dentelles d'airain • Panthéra et Vipérena • Mater dolorosa • Circé • Dante • Parque • Repos • Ouvriers tragiques • Triomphe de la Mort • Moisson future • Hymne d'Amour • Repos de Diane • Combat de Centaures • Portrait d'Edmond Picard (I) • Portrait d'Edmond Picard (II)

• Fin de Sodome • Triomphe de la Vigne • Combat d'amazones • Vision païenne