Gisbert Combaz
Belgian artist (1869-1941) · Belgium · On the map · Artists · Died at 71
Gisbert Combaz, or Ghisbert Combaz, was a Belgian painter, lithographer, illustrator, poster artist, furniture designer, sculptor, art educator, art historian and lawyer. He originally trained and practised as a lawyer, but gave up his legal career to dedicate himself to art education and art.
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Louvain, 1916, drawing of the citizens of Louvain fleeing their city set ablaze by German soldiers during WW I.
Poster for the annual salon of La Libre Esthétique
Among the rocks
Poster for the 1895 Expositions Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Arts Appliqués at La Maison d’art, Brussels
Postcard representing the Element Air
Poster for the First International Congress of Lawyers in Brussels in August 1897
Orchids and an Emperor MothAbout this person
He was one of the leading Belgian Art Nouveau artists. Despite his talents as a painter, he is now mainly known for his poster designs and postcards as well as his First World War drawings expressing his hatred for the German occupiers. His work showed a strong influence of his in-depth study of Japanese and Chinese art.
