Léon Devos
Léon Devos (1897–1974) was a Belgian painter. He studied in Mons and at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 1928, Devos, Anto-Carte, Léon Navez, and Frans Depooter became co-founders of the Groupe Nervia.
Also recorded as Leon Devos · Léon De Vos
Léon Devos
- Name
- Léon Devos
- Born
- 1897
- Birthplace
- Petit-Enghien, Belgium
- Died
- 1974
- Place of death
- Précy-sous-Thil, France
- Field
- Painting
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Occupation
- painter, illustrator, teacher and artist.
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Léon Devos (1897–1974) was a Belgian painter. He studied in Mons and at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 1928, Devos, Anto-Carte, Léon Navez, and Frans Depooter became co-founders of the Groupe Nervia.
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Biography
Biography
Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels and Paris. Work by Léon Devos is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Léon Devos • Born — 1897 • Birthplace — Petit-Enghien, Belgium • Died — 1974 • Place of death — Précy-sous-Thil, France • Field — Painting
Works and production
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation painter. Institutional cataloguing adds that léon Devos is recorded with the occupation illustrator. The register further records that léon Devos is recorded with the occupation teacher. Recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded with the occupation visual artist. It is also recorded that léon Devos is recorded as a citizen of Belgium. Recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that léon Devos was born on 24 March 1897. Devos died on 18 April 1974. Devos worked at Brussels. Devos worked at Paris.
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Petit-Enghien.
Birth place
Précy-sous-Thil.
Death place
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Un hommage à Léon Devos peintre de la joie de vivre. Le Soir. 24-3-1989.
- 2.Gustave Camus. Léon Désiré Devos – Annuaire de l'académie. Notices sur Léon Devos.
- 3.Google maps
- 4.Paul Caso. Un hommage à Léon Devos. lesoir.be. 24 mars 1989.
- 5.Léon Devos. RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis.
- 6.Fondation Godecharle.
- 7.René Léonard. Léon Navez.
- 8.Hommage aan Léon Navez : in Bulletins de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. p.203-205. 1967.
- 9.Léon Devos. Tabgalerie : Les Artistes.
- 10.Hcotation.
- 11.Federaal Parlement "Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers en Senaat". 2022.
- 12.DEVOS, Léon. ledelarge.fr.
- 13.Les saveurs de la vie. De Nervia groep.
- 14.Naakt.
- 15.Portret van een Meisje. MSK Gent.
- 16.Portret van mevrouw Léon Devos. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten van België – De collectie.
- 17.Stilleven. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten van België – De collectie.
- 18.Haven. KMSKA.
- 19.Stilleven met Kreeft. Museum voor Schone Kunsten van Charleroi.
- 20.Portret van Emilie. Inventaris van het onroerende erfgoed : Gemeente Schaarbeek.
- 21.Portrait de famille. Museum voor Schone Kunsten Charleroi.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q18611310: Léon DevosWikimedia Foundation
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This entry is compiled from 4 catalogued sources across 4 independent registers. The registers consulted are Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Crossref registry and National Library of Medicine. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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