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Painting, still life, signed lower right Verpoorten.
Oscar Verpoorten (1895 - 1948) was a Belgian painter, sculptor and graphic artist. He was a student at the Antwerp Academy of Art. Painted exclusively figuratively: city corners, harbour views, seascapes, landscapes, figures and portraits.
His style was post-impressionistic. This places him with the more traditionally working Antwerp painters from the first half of the 20th century. Typical for a large part of his oeuvre is the use of monotonous earth colours in representations in which he then lets certain parts light up. In other works, light and colour are more emphatically present.
Verpoorten was a member of various artists' associations: "Vlaamsche Kunstkring" (founded 1927), "Kunstkring Als ick kan" (1928), "Moderne Kunst" (artists' association from Antwerp)", "Société belge des Peintres de la Mer" (founded in 1930) and "Kunstkring 't Getij" (co-founder in 1939 and later chairman).
Museums: Antwerp, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, National Maritime Museum, Brouwsmuseum, Brouwershaven, Netherlands (2 works).
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