Léon Huygens

Visual Artist

1876 – 1918

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Who was Léon Huygens?

Léon Huygens was a Belgian painter.

Huygens was born in Oudergem, Brussels, and attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He specialised in landscapes, particularly of the Sonian Forest to the south of Oudergem and the coast at Nieuwpoort.

He volunteered for the Belgian army during the First World War, and was assigned as a war artist. He died in Paris in 1918.

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Born
1876
Belgium
Died
1918

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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