Barges on the Canal Belgian School Signed on lower left Oil on canvas, framed 18.11in x 15.35in (46cm x 39cm) Excellent condition Click on image to view larger version.

Piet Volckaert

St. Gilles (1902) – Laken (1973)

Piet Volckaert painted the typical quotidian urban atmosphere of a Brussels long since disappeared.

He is also known for his beach scenes and landscapes near the Abby of the Red Cloister and the forest of Soignes.

A student of Franz Gaullard at the Fine Arts Academy of St Gilles (Brussels) he is closely associated with the naïve French Artist Maurice Utrillo.

He was surnamed the Utrillo Bruxellois by the art critic Alain Viray.

Prize Lebon 1965

Prize Baron Steens 1972