Jozef Cantré

Jozef Cantré (26 December 1890 – 29 August 1957) was a Belgian sculptor and illustrator. He was one of the main artists in the development of the movement of Flemish Expressionism.

Biography Jozef Cantré was born in Ghent in 1890, four years after his brother Jan Frans. His father was a house painter. He studied art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent), together with Frans Masereel; his teachers included Jean Delvin and Felix Metdepenningen. He was politically active in a socialist youth movement and later created the "Rode Jeugd" ("Red Youth"). As a sculptor, he worked in wood, clay and bronze.

Together with Frits Van den Berghe and Gustave de Smet he is also considered one of the pioneers of the Flemish Expressionism, 1918: Maurice Roelants, "De kom der loutering" 1918: illustrations, including the title, for the magazine "De Regenboog" 1928-: illustrations for "Variétés", magazine created by Paul-Gustave Van Hecke 1928: Georges Eekhoud, "Les sorciers de Borght" 1929: Maurits de Doncker, "Gedoofder vuren as" 1930: Marnix van Gavere, "Gedichten" 1933: Willem Elsschot, "Kaas" 1937: 7 illustrations for "De boer die sterft" by Karel Van de Woestijne 1944: Marcel Arland, "Cinq contes", 6 illustrations

Major sculptures

1922: double portrait of Frits Van den Berghe en Gustave de Smet The poet Karel Van de Woestijne Monument for Edward Anseele in Ghent 1952: Relief in the facade of the Brussels-Congress railway station

Exposition 1921: exposition together with Frits Van den Berghe in "Sélection" 1925 (March–April): Basel, "Ausstellung Belgischer Kunst" 1927 (June): exposition of 7 Flemish artists at La Centaure in Brussels 1927 (August–September): Hamburg, Museum, "Europäische Kunst der Gegenwart", including 10 Belgian artists 1927 (September): Grenoble, Museum, "L'Art Belge Contemporain" 1928 (May–June): Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume, "L'Art Belge depuis l'Impressionisme" 1932: Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus, solo exhibition of his work between 1908 and 1932 1933 (April–May): exposition together with Frits Van den Berghe in the Vooruit in Ghent 1942: foundation of the Museum van Latem en de Leiestreek, which includes works by Cantré 1957 (December) - 1958 (January): Utrecht, Museum of New Religious Art: solo exposition 1959: Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium: solo exposition of the graphic work of Cantré 1967 (July–August): Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium: woodcuts by "De Vijf" 1975 (September–November): Deinze, retrospective of his work and that of his brother Jan Frans 2017 (September) - 2018 (January): Deinze, museum, retrospective of his work