Théo Van Rysselbergh
ARTISTThéo Van Rysselberghe was one of the most important Belgian painters of Pointillism, a style attributed to Post-Impressionism. He first began his art studies at the art academy of his hometown Ghent. Later he attended the art academy in Brussels together with James Ensor. There he became a student of Jean-Francois Portaels . The North African works of Portaels encouraged Van Rysselberghe to undertake several trips to North Africa and Andalusia himself. His first public exhibition took place at the Salon Brussels, where clear influences of Manet and Degas could be seen. Van Rysselberghe was also one of the co-founders of the Belgian artists' circle Les XX, a group of young radical artists under the patronage of the art critic Octave Maus.
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