Victor Gilsoul

Victor Gilsoul (1867–1939) was a Belgian impressionist, luminist and painter who worked mostly on commissions from the European nobility.

Gilsoul started drawing at age 12 and his work was received with enthusiasm by the regulars at the pub.

Queen Mum Mary (mother of King Albert I of Belgium), in 1904, bought two of his paintings.

In 1903, Camille Mauclair (1872–1945), French poet and writer, wrote a monograph on Victor Gilsoul.

Between, 1910 and 1923, during the French period, Victor Gilsoul had a studio in Paris (Avenue Villiers XVII arrondissement).

In 1900, Gilsoul was awarded a silver medal at the World Exhibition in Paris for his paintings.

Gilsoul's art is found in significant public and private collections worldwide, including the Musee Charlier and the Antwerp Museum of Fine Arts, as well as museums located in Luxembourg, Namur, Ostende, Mons, Dordrecht, Brighton and Barcelona.

Of these different images and sensations, he composed a summary on a large canvas, which has a stronger suggestive power than any painting of that nature.