Auguste Levêque (1866–1921) was a Belgian painter influenced both by realism and symbolism. Levêque was also a sculptor, poet and art theoretician.
Levêque was born in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant. He studied under Jean-François Portaels at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and received the Prix Godecharle for his painting Job in 1890.
Levêque was a member of the "Salon d'Art Idéaliste", formed by Jean Delville in Brussels in 1896, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon. Other members of the group were Léon Frédéric, Albert Ciamberlani, Constant Montald, Emile Motte, Victor Rousseau, Armand Point and Alexandre Séon. The Salon was abandoned in 1898. He died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
Notable paintings Job Les Dentelles d'airain Panthéra et Vipérena Mater dolorosa Circé Dante Parque Repos Ouvriers tragiques Triomphe de la Mort Moisson future Hymne d'Amour Repos de Diane Combat de Centaures Portrait d'Edmond Picard (I) Portrait d'Edmond Picard (II)
Notable sculptures
Fin de Sodome Triomphe de la Vigne Combat d'amazones Vision païenne
Gallery
References
Sources P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, pp. 422–423.
External links
Dictionnaire des peintres belges (in french)