Albert De Vos - In the wake

Albert Isidore De Vos was a Belgian artist who was born in 1868 in Oostakker and who died in 1950 in Ghent. He was a painter. He was the brother of the composer Isidore De Vos. He was educated at the Academy in Ghent. He loved the sea and the fishing life and often went fishing at night. He found his inspiration mainly in the sea and the fishing life. From the press: “He knows what a hollow sea means, which throws its waves furiously under the grim surf, in which it erupts with colours of copper and vitriol. And he knows just as perfectly what a ‘poetic sea’ has to say, which wraps itself with a feminine elegance in the hazy veil of light of morning or evening” and “This is characteristic of his seascapes: they are certain mood images, musical impressions, intimacy art in which nevertheless the spacious heart of a Flemish romantic beats”. (J. Crick) His wife Judith De Bruycker was also a painter. Took part in the Salons in Ghent. Was a teacher at the Academy in Eeklo until the 1930s. Mentioned in CRICK, BAS II and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists.