Albert Van Dyck

[2] Albert Van Dyck was born in Turnhout, Antwerp Province, on 25 May 1902.

Initially, Van Dyck evolved, via a luminist style, into a purely pictorial painting style, in which he paid particular attention to the figures of children and to the Campine landscape, especially the surroundings of Kasterlee and Schilde, where he had moved.

He and other Flemish artists, such as War Van Overstraeten, also reacted to the evolution of expressionism, which they perceived as excessive.

[3] In his artistic training, Albert Van Dyck studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and at the Institut Supérieur in Antwerp,[2] under teachers Isidoor Opsomer, Albert Ciamberlani and Jules De Bruycker.

The museum holds 298 works by Van Dyck on loan from the Flemish Community.