Léon Corthals

Léon Corthals
Léon Corthals
Born	Léon Corthals; ca. 1877; Temse, Belgium
Died	ca. 1935; Elsene, Belgium
Occupation	Painter

Léon Corthals (1877 – 1935)^[1] was a Belgian painter.

Corthals was born in Temse in 1877.^[2] He painted a portrait of Leopold III of Belgium on 23 February 1934, the day of his ascension to the Belgian throne.^[3]

He died in Elsene in 1935.^[1]

Gallery

Young Girl with a Skipping Rope on a Park Background, oil on canvas
Portrait of H.M. Leopold III, King of the Belgians, 1934, detail
Portrait of a boy with a cape at a forest lake, 1916
Susanne Nue, oil on canvas, detail
Seated nude, oil o canvas

References

^ ^a ^b Piron, Paul (1999). De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw, vol. 1. Brussel: Art in Belgium. p. 244.
^ "Léon Corthals". RKD. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "PORTRAIT OF H.M. LEOPOLD III, KING OF THE BELGIANS (1901 – 1983)". www.empire-antiques.be. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

External links

Media related to Léon Corthals at Wikimedia Commons

[:2-1] Piron, Paul (1999). De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw, vol. 1. Brussel: Art in Belgium. p. 244.

[2] "Léon Corthals". RKD. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[3] "PORTRAIT OF H.M. LEOPOLD III, KING OF THE BELGIANS (1901 – 1983)". www.empire-antiques.be. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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