Charles Van Havermaet
Belgian-British painter
Charles Van Havermaet or Karel Van Havermaet (Antwerp, 28 May 1868 – after 1911) was a Belgian draughtsman, painter and illustrator.He is mainly known for his genre scenes, portraits, still lifes and allegorical paintings. After training in his native Antwerp he spent the rest of his career in London.
Life
Van Havermaet was born in Antwerp as the third of four children of the painter and art professor Pieter Van Havermaet and Maria Carolina Joanna Michaelsen. His father, originally from Sint-Niklaas was the younger brother of the sculptor Frans Van Havermaet. He had studied at the Academy of Sint-Niklaas and later at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. In 1886, his father was appointed a teacher at the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts; he was one of the teachers with whom Vincent van Gogh later came into conflict.
Charles studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. He was a member of the artist group De Scalden founded in 1889 in Antwerp with the medallist Jules Baetes taking on the role of the chairman. The group's two objectives were to organise exhibitions of decorative art and to design public parades. The group existed until the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
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