Anna De Weert

Anna De Weert

Born 27 May, 1867
Ghent
Died 12 May, 1950
Ghent
Nationality Belgium
Known for Painting
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Maurice De Weert

Anna De Weert or Anna Cogen; Anna Virginie Caroline De Weert (27 May, 1867 – 12 May, 1950) was a Belgian painter.

Life

Weert was born in Ghent as Anna Virginie Caroline Cogan. Her grandfather was Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck and her uncles, Alphons Cogen and Felix Cogen, were painters.[1]

In the 1890s she was a private (pro bono) student of the French painter Emile Claus. She and her husband Maurice De Weert, would spent summers with him in the 1890s.[2]

Weert was a productive artist.[3] had a long association with Cercle Artistique et Littéraire in her home town after she exhibited there first in 1895.[1] She died in Ghent in 1950.

References

  1. 1 2 Anna De Weert, Francis Maere Fine Arts, Retrieved 1 May 2017
  2. Portrait of Anna De Weert, Emile Claus, LukasWeb, Retrieved 1 May 2017
  3. De Weert at RKD
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