Jules Van de Leene, Street Study With Buildings Animals A characterful portrait of a

A characterful portrait of a man with a pipe by Austrian artist

With his well-tailored outfit and perfectly coiffured moustache

So given the prominence of the crucifix

A characterful 19th-century Austrian school portrait of a gentleman

Jules Van de Leene, Street Study With Buildings Animals A characterful portrait of aA quaint and blocky street scene by Belgian painter, Jules Van de Leene (1887 1962). It reminds us a little of Paul Czanne (1839 1906) and clearly the artist was an admirer. Van de Leene studied at the Acadmies des Beaux Arts of Ixelles and Brussels at such an exciting time. New ideas were emerging and a freedom to express was becoming commonplace. The post impressionists, such as Czanne and Paul Gauguin (1848 1903) had left an indelible mark, which