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 +[[Image:Bacchanalia by Leveque.jpg|200px|thumb|''[[Bacchanalia]]'' by [[Auguste (Maurice François Giuslain) Léveque]] <br> The Bacchanalia were traditionally held on [[March 16]] and [[March 17]]]]
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 +'''Auguste Levêque''' (b. [[Nivelles]], [[Walloon Brabant]] 1866 - d. [[Saint-Josse-ten-Noode]], 1921) is a Belgian painter influenced both by [[Realism (visual arts)|realism]] and [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolism]]. Levêque was also a sculptor, poet and art theoretician.
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 +He studied under [[Jean-François Portaels]] at the [[Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts ]] in Brussels, and received the [[Gilles-Lambert Godecharle|Prix Godecharle]] for his painting ''Job'' in 1890.
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 +==Notable paintings==
 +*''Job''
 +*''Les Dentelles d'airain''
 +*''Panthéra et Vipérena''
 +*''Mater dolorosa''
 +*''Circé''
 +*''Dante''
 +*''Parque''
 +*''Repos''
 +*''Ouvriers tragiques''
 +*''Triomphe de la Mort''
 +*''Moisson future''
 +*''Hymne d'Amour''
 +*''Repos de Diane''
 +*''Combat de Centaures''
 +*''Portrait d'Edmond Picard'' (I)
 +*''Portrait d'Edmond Picard'' (II)
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 +==Notable sculptures==
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 +*''Fin de Sodome''
 +*''Triomphe de la Vigne''
 +*''Combat d'amazones''
 +*''Vision païenne''
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Auguste Levêque (b. Nivelles, Walloon Brabant 1866 - d. Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1921) is a Belgian painter influenced both by realism and symbolism. Levêque was also a sculptor, poet and art theoretician.

He studied under Jean-François Portaels at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and received the Prix Godecharle for his painting Job in 1890.

Notable paintings

  • Job
  • Les Dentelles d'airain
  • Panthéra et Vipérena
  • Mater dolorosa
  • Circé
  • Dante
  • Parque
  • Repos
  • Ouvriers tragiques
  • Triomphe de la Mort
  • Moisson future
  • Hymne d'Amour
  • Repos de Diane
  • Combat de Centaures
  • Portrait d'Edmond Picard (I)
  • Portrait d'Edmond Picard (II)

Notable sculptures

  • Fin de Sodome
  • Triomphe de la Vigne
  • Combat d'amazones
  • Vision païenne




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