Clémence Michel

Clémence Michel (Charleroi, 17 November 1849 - Jette, 16 October 1925) was a Belgian artist. She worked in Brussels, especially in Schaerbeek, where she had a studio at rue des Ailes no. 58.

Personal life Clémence Michel was married to symbolist painter Antoine Lacroix (Wavre, 1845 - Schaerbeek, 1896). She was also his student. Clémence Michel also made several paintings of the Kattendijkdok in the port of Antwerp. La Route; Femme mangeant dans la salle à manger du Musée Speekaert (1916); Homme lisant dans le salon du Musée Speekaert (1916); Bassin de Kattendijck à Anvers; Port de pêche à marée basse; Charleroi - Le Pays de Liège;

Artists' associations Clémence Michel was active in several artists' associations: she was a member of L'Essor and a founding member of Pour l'Art. Exposition Générale des Beaux-Arts / Salon Triennale in 1914 and the twenty-fifth salon Pour l'Art in 1923.

Collections

The paintings La Traite, Femme mangeant dans la salon à manger du Musée Speekaert (1916) and Homme lisant dans le salon du Musée Speekaert (1916) are owned by the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles. Bassin de Kattendijck à Anvers, Ancienne église Saint-Servais (1905) and Ancien château vert are owned by the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek. They came into the possession of the municipality of Schaerbeek because Clémence Michel sold them after the First World War due to a dire need of money. Another work, Havenzicht, is part of the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen and Baron Caroly, which was merged into the City Museum Lier in 2014. En La Route, is in the Museum of Ixelles.