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Octave Landuyt

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Landuyt in 2014

Octave Landuyt (26 December 1922 – 6 August 2024) was a Flemish painter, sculptor (bronze and ceramics), jewellery designer, graphic artist, industrial designer and designer of stage sets, costumes, textiles, furniture and carpets. He received various distinctions and prizes and represented in numerous museums and art collections in Belgium and internationally. Landuyt completed a full career as a teacher, initially at the Royal Athenaeum of Kortrijk, and from 1954 at the State Normal School in Ghent (now HoGent).[1]

In 2022, the exhibition "Aurum Flandriae" was held in Antwerp in honor of his hundredth birthday.[2]

Landuyt died on 6 Augusts 2024 at the age of 101 years old.[1][3][4]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Bonneure, Kristien (7 August 2024). "Oudste Belgische kunstenaar Octave Landuyt (101) overleden, "een universele kunstenaar"". VRT NWS (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  2. ""Een wedergeboorte van de Vlaamse Primitieven": Octave Landuyt viert 100ste verjaardag met expo". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 18 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  3. Belgische kunstwereld verliest een grote naam: Octave Landuyt (101) overleden. “Hij zal enorm worden gemist”
  4. Octave Landuyt (101), een van de belangrijkste Belgische kunstenaars, is overleden
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