Albert Saverys - Skaters on the Leie

Color lithograph of skaters on a frozen Leie by the Belgian painter and lithographer Albert Saverys (1886-1964). He initially worked in luminist (until 1920) and later in expressionist style, and became known for his Leie views, images of skaters, and landscapes. He found inspiration in the work of Vincent van Gogh and Maurice de Vlaminck. Saverys took part in numerous exhibitions, culminating in a retrospective at the Center for Fine Arts in Brussels in 1937 and participation in the Venice Biennale. He is represented in the collections of the Center Pompidou (Paris), the Hermitage (St. Petersburg), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts (Brussels). Two monographs were dedicated to him: Paul Huys, Albert Saverys: an artist's life, Lannoo, Tielt/Bussum, 1983 and Peter JH Pauwels Albert Saverys, Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, Ghent, 2014.