Théophile Lybaert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian painter and sculptor
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Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium
About Théophile Lybaert
- Théophile Marie Francois Lybaert or Theofiel Lybaert (14 June 1848, in Ghent – 28 May 1927, in Ghent) was a Belgian painter and sculptor.
- He commenced his career as a painter of genre and Orientalist scenes.
- He later painted subjects from the national and international history, military life and the bible.
- He was mainly known for his religious paintings executed in an archaic, Gothic style that reprised the 16th century models of Northern-European masters such as Hans Memling and Albrecht Dürer.
- These works earned him the appelation of 'modern Gothic' or 'contemporary Memling'.
- In a final period starting from the 1910s he developed towards an eclectic style incorporating Symbolism.
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