Hendrick cassiers biography of christopher

Henri Paul Émile Victor Cassiers, also known as Henry and Hendrick Cassiers (Antwerp, 11 August 1858 - Ixelles - Elsene, 27 February 1944) was a Belgian Art Nouveau artist and illustrator.

Early life

Born in Antwerp in 1858, Cassiers was the son of Paul Cassiers and Victoire Pelgrims. He studied architecture in Brussels with Paul Saintenoy for six years.^[1] He also took courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and other schools.^[2] Largely self-taught as a painter in watercolours, he became a skilful draughtsman.

Hendrick cassiers biography of christopher

In 1881, he had his first exhibition of paintings, which went well, and gave up on architecture.^[1]

At about this time, Cassiers went to live in the fishing town of Knokke, where there was a large artist colony which included Alfred Verwee, Louis Artan, Flori van Acker, Franz Courtens, and later Alfred Bastien and Firmin Baes.

Career

After 1881, Cassiers continued to exhibit and to travel. He ha