Leon Frederic Belgian painter (1856 1940) Ernesto Cortazar Remembrance

Leon Frederic painter of the people LéonHenriMarie Frédéric (26 August 1856 27 January 1940) was a Belgian Symbolist painter. His earliest paintings joined Christian mysticism with pantheistic themes, while his later works increasingly reflected social Much of his work also shows the influence of fifteenth and sixteenth century Flemish art and Renaissance painting styles. His father was a prosperous jeweler. In 1871, he was apprenticed to the architect and decorative painter, CharleAlbert fr and began taking night courses at the Académie Royale des BeauxArts in Brussels. In 1874, he found a position in the workshop of JeanFrançois Portaels. The following year, he and several other young art students engaged a private studio where they could paint from live, nude models. From 1876 to 1878, he entered the Prix de Rome, but was not successful. Finally, his father financed a trip for studies in Italy from 1878 to 1879. There. he travelled to Naples, Rome, Fl