Jean Émile Van Gindertael
French • Illustration — Jean Milo Portrait Jean Milo was the pseudonym of Belgian author and artist Émile Van Gindertael. He was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode during 1906 and died in 1993 at Rixensart. He was also a painter, poet, essayist and novelist.
Also recorded as Jean Milo · Jean Émile Milo · Emile Van Gindertael · Émile Marcel Jean Ghislain
Jean Émile Van Gindertael

Artist: Willy Bosschem · Self-photographed · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1906. · Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
- Died
- 1993. · Rixensart.
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Occupation
- painter, writer, poet and artist.
- Honours
- Prix des Deux Magots.
- Languages
- French.
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French • Illustration — Jean Milo Portrait Jean Milo was the pseudonym of Belgian author and artist Émile Van Gindertael. He was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode during 1906 and died in 1993 at Rixensart. He was also a painter, poet, essayist and novelist.
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The recorded working language is French. Work by Jean Émile Van Gindertael is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee and Artotheque Mons. Distinctions recorded are Prix des Deux Magots.
From 1926 to 1931, Jean Milo was the director of the Belgian Gallery Le Centaure. As a painter, he was influential over Edgard Tytgat who wrote a biography about him. He helped found the Art abstrait group in 1952. Then, in 1980, he created a series of photo-collages which are now held by the Verbeke Foundation in Belgium.
Works
Works
• 1938: L'Étang de Malbourg • 1944: L'Esprit de famille, Prix des Deux Magots • 1956: Le Marteau
Major exhibitions
Major exhibitions
• 1986: A Retrospective exhibit in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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1906
Jean Émile Van Gindertael born at Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
1993
Jean Émile Van Gindertael died at Rixensart.
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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
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Rixensart.
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- 1.Delarge
- 2.Jean Milo Composition I. collections.mnbaq.org.
- 3.Jean Milo Sans titre, 1954. collections.mnbaq.org.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- L. Haesaerts, Jean Milo, Anvers : De Sikkel, 1954 (Collection : Monographies de l'art belge).
- Jean Milo, exposition rétrospective, éditions des Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, 1986.
- Nouvelle biographie nationale, Bruxelles, Académie royale de Belgique, 2020. , Volume 15, .
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