Leon Brunin

Leon Brunin (also known as Léon de Meuter; 20 November 1861 in Antwerp – 13 March 1949) was a Belgian painter.

Biography

Leon Brunin was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. He first attended classes of sculptor nl:Frans Joris then of the painters Polydore Beaufaux and Charles Verlat. In 1883 Leon became one of founders of the art circle "Als ik kan" ("If I can") and participated in a number of expositions. From 1886 (Gold Medal from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam) he became friends with Dutch artists Matthijs Maris, Jacob Maris, Hendrik-Willem Mesdag, Alma Tadema and the Italian painter Giovanni Segantini. Leon resided during 1886 and 1887 in the Borinage, a coalmining area in the south of Belgium where the working and living conditions of the miners were appaling. Here he witnessed the great strike and its bloody suppression.

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