Karel Van Belle oil on canvas

Large oil on canvas by Karen Van Belle.
signed and dated 1945.

76cm x 61cm without frame. (30" x 24")
86cm x  71cm with frame. (34" x 28")

Many good auction results for this painter and a 11000e record in Germany in 2009. (please see last picture for details)

Karen Van Belle (1884-1959)

Karel Van Belle was born in Gent, Belgium in 1884. She studied with Jean-Josef Delvin and Louis Tytgat at the Academie des Beaux Arts de Gent. Karel Van Belle painted genre scenes and nudes with poetic compositions that often glorified feminine beauty. She is best known for Painting ethereal and mysterious subjects in a symbolist style. Karen Van Belle was also a watercolorist in addition to working on oils. In 1913 she received third place in painting in Prix de Rome competition. Museums in Gent and Tournai have collected Van Belle's work.

Biography from the excellent book : "Figurative Paintings - Paris and the Modern Spirit" by Martin Wolpert & Jeffrey Winter. (Shiffer Book ISBN 0764324624).
In this book 2 pages are dedicated to this artist with 4 pictured paintings.