Marie Howet
Marie Howet (24 March 1897 – 24 March 1984) was a Belgian expressionist painter and illustrator. Marie Françoise Céline Howet was born in Libramont, daughter of Constant Howet, a doctor, and Pauline Thiry. She received a musical education and learned drawing, attending school in Arlon.
Marie Howet
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- Name
- Marie Howet
- Born
- 24 March 1897
- Birthplace
- Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium
- Died
- 24 March 1984
- Education
- Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
- Field
- Painting
- Movement
- Expressionism
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Occupation
- painter, illustrator and artist.
- Fields
- painting.
- Movements
- Expressionism.
- Teachers
- Constant Montald.
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Marie Howet (24 March 1897 – 24 March 1984) was a Belgian expressionist painter and illustrator. Marie Françoise Céline Howet was born in Libramont, daughter of Constant Howet, a doctor, and Pauline Thiry. She received a musical education and learned drawing, attending school in Arlon.
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Marie Howet was a Belgian artist, illustrator and painter. The artist was born in Libramont-Chevigny.
Marie Howet studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. The artist was a member of Cercle royal des Beaux-Arts. Marie Howet was active in painting. The artist was associated with Expressionism. Works by Marie Howet are held at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, among others.
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Originally she planned to study music but instead chose art and enrolled at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Here she studied under Constant Montald. In her first year she received several prizes, but the outbreak of the First World War led to her family's exile in France. In 1915 she enrolled in the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After the war she returned to Belgium and set up a studio at Rochehaut, near Bouillon, later moving to Saint Gilles. In 1922, aged 25, she won the Belgian Prix de Rome, organised by Belgian arts minister Jules Destrée, for her Devant la maison à Rochehaut. Her works received critical acclaim and several prizes for her work. She travelled and exhibited frequently abroad, illustrating collections of poetry on Greece, Turkey, Ireland, and Italy. She died on her 87th birthday at Libramont.
Marie Howet studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Training under Constant Montald is recorded. The field of work recorded is painting. Work by Marie Howet 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 and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai.
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• Name — Marie Howet • Born — 24 March 1897 • Birthplace — Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium • Died — 24 March 1984 • Place of death — Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium • Education — Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels • Field — Painting • Movement — Expressionism
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1897
Marie Howet born at Libramont-Chevigny.
1984
Marie Howet died.
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Marie Howet was born in Libramont-Chevigny.
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Formation and teaching. Howet studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. She trained under Constant Montald. Howet worked in painting. Her work is associated with Expressionism. She belonged to Cercle royal des Beaux-Arts.
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Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai
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