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The Pooter Bernard
Bernard De Pooter was a Belgian artist who was born in 1883 in Wilrijk and died there in 1970. He was a painter. Education at the Academy in Antwerp under the direction of P. Van Der Ouderaa, afterwards for three years at the Higher Institute there. Painted portraits, figures, landscapes, mills, Scheldt corners with boats, religious compositions. Found the inspiration for his landscapes mainly in the Kempen. Was also active as a copyist of old masters. Religious work for churches in Londerzeel, Beuzet/Namen, Mariakerke-aan-de Schelde. Mentioned in CRICK, BAS II and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. (Piron)