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Germain Van der Steen

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Germain Van der Steen called Germain Vandersteen (1897-1985) was a French painter.[1] He graduated from Oxford. After serving in World War I, he worked in Paris during the day and painted at night. He was self taught and he had three periods in his artistic career: the non-figurative period, the imaginary plants period and the period of bestiaries.[2] He worked with very bright colors and had an exhibit at the Salon d'Automne in 1944. He had exhibitions in France, Yugoslavia, Croatia, the United States, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Brazil and Israel.[3]

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  1. ^ "Germain Van Der Steen". Curiator. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. ^ "IREWHEELS OF WHISKERS; By D. J. R. Bruckner. With Van der Steen About Himself, Translated by Ralph Read. Illustrated. Unpaged. New York: From International Publishing. $12.95". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Paintings in the Collection of the Croatian Museum of Naive Art". Culture Net. Retrieved 18 March 2018.