Octave Landuyt
Illustration — Landuyt in 2014 Octave Landuyt (26 December 1922 – 6 August 2024) was a Flemish painter, sculptor (bronze and ceramics), jewellery designer, graphic artist, industrial designer and designer of stage sets, costumes, textiles, furniture and carpets. He received various distinctions and prizes and represented in numerous museums and art collections in Belgium and internationally. Landuyt completed a full career as a teacher, initially at the Royal Athenaeum of Kortrijk, and from 1954 at the State Normal School in Ghent (now HoGent).
Also recorded as Oscar Landuyt · Octaaf Landuyt
Octave Landuyt
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- Born
- 1922 · Ghent.
- Died
- 2024 · Heusden.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- sculptor · painter · draftsperson · ceramicist · artist
- Honours
- Louis Paul Boon Award
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Landuyt in 2014 Octave Landuyt (26 December 1922 – 6 August 2024) was a Flemish painter, sculptor (bronze and ceramics), jewellery designer, graphic artist, industrial designer and designer of stage sets, costumes, textiles, furniture and carpets. He received various distinctions and prizes and represented in numerous museums and art collections in Belgium and internationally. Landuyt completed a full career as a teacher, initially at the Royal Athenaeum of Kortrijk, and from 1954 at the State Normal School in Ghent (now HoGent).
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In 2022, the exhibition "Aurum Flandriae" was held in Antwerp in honor of his hundredth birthday. Landuyt died on 6 Augusts 2024 at the age of 101 years old.
The recorded working language is French. Work by Octave Landuyt is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Design Museum Gent, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst and Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee. Distinctions recorded are Louis Paul Boon Award.
Octave Landuyt is recorded as sculptor, painter, draftsperson, ceramicist and artist. Recognition and collections. Landuyt received Louis Paul Boon Award.
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1922
Octave Landuyt born at Ghent.
2024
Octave Landuyt died at Heusden.
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scholarly publication
- Landuyt, Octave or Octaaf, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1607422: Octave Landuyt
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- 1.Bonneure, Kristien. Oudste Belgische kunstenaar Octave Landuyt (101) overleden, "een universele kunstenaar". VRT NWS. 7 August 2024.
- 2.“Een wedergeboorte van de Vlaamse Primitieven”: Octave Landuyt viert 100ste verjaardag met expo. Het Laatste Nieuws. 18 September 2022.
- 3.Belgische kunstwereld verliest een grote naam: Octave Landuyt (101) overleden. “Hij zal enorm worden gemist”
- 4.Octave Landuyt (101), een van de belangrijkste Belgische kunstenaars, is overleden
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Landuyt, Octave or Octaaf, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1607422: Octave LanduytWikimedia Foundation
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