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Gustave Van de Woestijne

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Laatste Avondmaal, Gustave van de Woestyne, 1927, Groeningemuseum, 0040054000.
Boerin, ca. 1925, from The Phoebus Foundation collection.

Gustave Van de Woestijne (Dutch: [vɑn ʋuˈstɛinə]; 2 August 1881 – 21 April 1947) was a Belgian expressionist painter.

He belonged to the so-called "First Group of Latem", a group of artists who worked in the rural village of Sint-Martens-Latem on the banks of the Lys, near Ghent. He was the brother of the Flemish poet Karel Van de Woestijne. He was buried in the Cemetery of Campo Santo.

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  1. ^ Royal Decree of H.M. King Albert I on 14 November 1919