Albert Geudens (1869-1949): Portrait d'homme, huile sur toile marouflée sur board

Work: 72 x 52,5 cm

Frame: 84,5 x 65 cm

The painter Albert Geudens (Mechelen 1869- Schaarbeek 1949) was already a very gifted painter at a very young age and until the outbreak of the First World War the centre of the Mechelen painting school. Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mechelen (until 1890, teacher: Willem Geets), then at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (1890-1891) and also briefly in Brussels.

Provenance:

- Ex-collection printer and bookbinder Frans Beckers (1858-1925, Mechelen), and remained in the family ever since.