JAN VAN CAMPENHOUT (1907 - 1972)

JAN VAN CAMPENHOUT (1907 - 1972) - "musicerende Pierrot" - olieverf op doek - rechtsboven gesigneerd - 60 x 70 cm Jan Van Campenhout (Aalst, 16 December 1907 – Snaaskerke, 19 April 1972) was a Belgian figurative painter and graphic artist of the mid-20th century. As a painter, he depicted clowns, seascapes, landscapes, café interiors and bustling street scenes, in which he skilfully captured the optimistic atmosphere of the time. He lived and worked on Van Iseghemlaan in Ostend during the 1950s and 1960s and often exhibited his work there at the Art Deco café ‘La Coupole’.