Gustave De Smet

"The young captain" (1927)

Gustave De Smet (21 January 1877, Ghent – 8 October 1943, Deurle) was a Belgian expressionist painter.

Having first adopted the "luminist" style of Emile Claus, he came under the influence of expressionism and cubism during World War I.

His brother Léon de Smet (1881–1961) was also a notable painter.

Public collections

Among the public collections holding works by Gustave De Smet are:

External links


  1. http://www.digitalecollectienederland.nl/dimcon/frans-hals-museum/mt%2097-125
  2. http://www.digitalecollectienederland.nl/dimcon/defundatie/55
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