Jozef Cantré

Jozef Cantré was born in Ghent in 1890, four years after his brother Jan Frans.

His role in this university, created by the German occupier, led to his conviction in 1920, when he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.

[1] He then lived in Blaricum until 1921 and then in Oisterwijk, both in the Netherlands, where he was joined by Frits Van den Berghe and Gustave de Smet.

He was one of the main avant-garde illustrators in Belgium between World War I and World War II as a member of De Vijf ("The Five") together with his brother Jan Frans Cantré, Joris Minne, Frans Masereel and Henri Van Straeten.

Together with Frits Van den Berghe and Gustave de Smet he is also considered one of the pioneers of the Flemish Expressionism,[3] and together with Oscar Jespers the main sculptor in the movement.

Sculpture by Cantré from 1953, in front of the Ostend post office
Excerpt from the Flemish magazine Regenboog . Draft for the woodcut Pan of Jozef Cantré. Published in 1918. [ 4 ]
Monument for Anseele in Ghent
Relief in the facade of the Brussels-Congress railway station