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Kortrijk (Zwevegem) painter Stefaan Van Gheluwe (1906 - 1963)
Stefaan Van Gheluwe was trained at the Kortrijk art academy and at the Sint Lucas in Ghent, and painted in the style of the great expressionists such as Permeke of his time.
Stefaan Van Gheluwe's paintings are rhythm and movement, and always contain, however light and inconspicuous, traces of the skilled professional decorator that Stefaan Van Gheluwe is. In his youth he won gold medals in Ghent and Antwerp, where he was promised a study grant. This allowed him to make a study trip to Italy and Germany. Stefaan Van Gheluwe was an intimate friend of James Ensor, with whom he lived in very close contact for three years without however being influenced by his working method and concept.