Luc-Peter Crombé
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Luc-Peter Crombé was a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, Flemish
Flanders
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 painter.

Painter of landscapes, portraits, figures and religious subjects. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent)
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent is one of the oldest art schools in Belgium, now part of the Hogeschool Gent.The Academy was founded in 1741 as a private school in the home of Philippe Karel Marissal, and provided a royal charter in 1771 by empress Maria Theresa of Austria...

 and the Higher Institute Saint-Lucuas in Ghent, as well as at the higher national institute of the fine arts of Antwerp. He attended the workshops of G. Verdegem and Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

. Crombé studied the history of art at the school from Louvre in Paris and was a pupil of the school of graphic art of Frankfurt.

In 1954 he obtained the prize of the province of Eastern Flanders, and the Sagrada Familia prize for religious art in 1957. In 1968 a free academy with Sint-Martens-Latem
Sint-Martens-Latem
Sint-Martens-Latem is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Deurle and Sint-Martens-Latem proper. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Martens-Latem had a total population of 8,280...

 melts. He abandoned animism while choosing a vision related to nature and subjects such as children and the people around him. These he evokes with tenderness, using intense colors whilst giving a place particular to the person. He also produced landscapes of North Africa, Italy and Spain. Crombé belonged to the fourth group of Sint-Martens-Latem
Sint-Martens-Latem
Sint-Martens-Latem is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Deurle and Sint-Martens-Latem proper. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Martens-Latem had a total population of 8,280...

 since 1968.

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