Leon Frederic Belgian painter (1856 - 1940) ✽ Ernesto Cortazar - Remembrance

Leon Frederic painter of the people Léon-Henri-Marie 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 concerns.[1][2] 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, Charle-Albert [fr] and began taking night courses at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 1874, he found a position in the workshop of Jean-François 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