Victor Servranckx
Victor Servranckx (26 June 1897 – 11 December 1965) was a Belgian abstract painter and designer. Servranckx was born in Diegem (Machelen) and studied from 1913 to 1917 at the Brussels Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. There, in 1916, he met René Magritte, with whom he wrote "Pure Art: A Defence of the Aesthetic" in 1922.
Victor Servranckx
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- Name
- Victor Servranckx
- Born
- 26 June 1897
- Birthplace
- Diegem (Machelen), Belgium
- Died
- 11 December 1965
- Occupation
- Painter
- Movement
- Cubism, constructivism, and surrealism
- Education
- Brussels Royal Academy of Fine Arts
- Nationality
- Belgium
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Victor Servranckx (26 June 1897 – 11 December 1965) was a Belgian abstract painter and designer. Servranckx was born in Diegem (Machelen) and studied from 1913 to 1917 at the Brussels Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. There, in 1916, he met René Magritte, with whom he wrote "Pure Art: A Defence of the Aesthetic" in 1922.
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Servranckx's style was influenced by cubism, constructivism, and surrealism. He died in Vilvoorde.
Victor Servranckx studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Work by Victor Servranckx is recorded in the collections of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) and Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee.
Portrait of Huib Hoste in his Bureau-Fumoir, for which Hoste received a gold medal during the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts of Paris in 1925
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• Name — Victor Servranckx • Birth Name — Victor Servranckx • Born — 26 June 1897 • Birthplace — Diegem (Machelen), Belgium • Died — 11 December 1965 • Occupation — Painter • Movement — Cubism, constructivism, and surrealism • Education — Brussels Royal Academy of Fine Arts
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1897
Victor Servranckx born at Diegem.
1965
Victor Servranckx died at Vilvoorde.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3062914: Victor Servranckx
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- “Victor Servranckx”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Servranckx, Victor, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- 1.Joos Florquin (1969), Ten Huize van... Gesprekken met Victor Servranckx p. 207-227; Davidsfonds, Leuven D/1969/0240/9
- 2.Art Deco, Encyclopedia of Modern Europe: Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction, januari 2006
- 3.Michèle van Kalck, De Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België; Lannoo Uitgeverij, 2003, ,
- 4.Robert Hoozee (1990), "Vlaams expressionisme in Europese Context, 1900-1930; Snoeck-Ducajou & Zoon
- 5.Eric Pil (1990) in de tentoonstellingscatalogus "René Magritte" in het Provinciaal Muiseum voor Moderne Kunst van Oostende (nu MuZee)
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Servranckx, Victor, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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