Evert Larock

Everard Larock, known as Evert (21 May 1865 – 13 January 1901) was a Belgian Impressionist painter who belonged to the Secessionist art groups Als ik Kan and De XIII.

His success there led to evening classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) while he worked in the studios of a decorative artist named Henri Verbuecken during the day.

He began taking day classes at the Academy, spending his evenings working and studying with Charles Verlat, where he first made contact with Frans Hens, Alexander Struys and other members of De XIII.

[1] Despite his illness (and with the help of his friends), he managed to exhibit widely throughout Northern and Central Europe, and began to attract positive critical attention.

He was an early advocate of plein air painting and was influenced by the bright color scheme of Impressionism, but usually chose subjects that were more naturalistic in character.