Artist

Florent Willems

Portrait of Florent Willems
Portrait of Florent Willems

Belgian, 1823–1905

Florent Willems was a Belgian Realism artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Florent Willems was born in Liège.

Florent Willems or Florent Willems van Edeghem (8 January 1823 – 23 October 1905) was a Belgian painter and art restorer. He was successful with his genre scenes depicting a few figures in an interior executed in the style of the 17th century Flemish and Dutch Baroque. He was particularly praised for his ability to render realistically the materials of the clothes of his figures which earned him the nickname of the 'modern Ter Borch'.

Works by Florent Willems

Collections represented

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