Léon Huygens

Leon Huygens sketching in the ruins of Nieuwpoort during the First World War.

Léon Huygens (1876–1919) was a Belgian painter.

Early life and career

Huygens was born in Auderghem, Brussels, and attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He specialised in landscapes, particularly of the Sonian Forest to the south of Auderghem and the coast at Nieuwpoort.

Sketch of Nieuwpoort during the First World War.

Later life and death

He volunteered for the Belgian army during the First World War, and was assigned as a war artist. He died in Paris in 1919.


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