# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luc-tuymans
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:23:10.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luc-tuymans"
name: "Luc Tuymans"
slug: "luc-tuymans"
description: "Luc Tuymans is a Belgian visual artist best known for his paintings which explore people's relationship with history and confront their ability to ignore it. World War II is a recurring theme in his work. He is a key figure of the generation of European figurative painters who gained renown at a time when many believed the medium had lost its relevance due to the new digital age."
tagline: "Belgian visual artist (b. 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luc_Tuymans_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1958-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.72
  momentum:             9.152542372881356
  historical:           15.20011333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/studioluctuymans/"
    handle:    "studioluctuymans"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.luctuymans.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لوك تويمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "לוק טוימנס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "リュック・タイマンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Tuymans"
    title: "Lucas Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%91%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA"
    title: "Тёйманс, Люк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Tuymans"
    title: "Luc Tuymans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dcd182cf-16e8-4fdb-83c6-8fbd5edba362"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200622"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump