Théo van Rysselberghe

Théophile van Rysselberghe (Known as "Théo van Rysselberghe")

Neo-Impressionist Master Painter, Pointillist Pioneer, Co-Founder of Les XX

Born Nov 23, 1862

Ghent, Belgium

Passed Away Dec 14, 1926 Saint-Clair (Le Lavandou, Var), France

Lifespan 64 years old

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"Color divided into dots of pure light dances on the eye, creating a radiance no mixed palette can match."

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Leading Belgian Neo-Impressionist painter who co-founded Les XX, adopted Georges Seurat's pointillist division of color, and created luminous portraits, coastal seascapes, and Mediterranean sunlit canvases.

Biographical Record

Trained at the Ghent and Brussels academies, Van Rysselberghe traveled to Morocco in 1882, developing an obsession with dazzling sunlight. In 1883, he co-founded Les XX in Brussels. Viewing Seurat's Sunday on La Grande Jatte in Paris in 1886, he became the foremost Belgian proponent of Divisionism.

His monumental portraits, including Madame Alice Séthe and A Reading (portraying Émile Verhaeren, André Gide, and Maurice Maeterlinck), synthesized scientific pointillist dotting with deep psychological tenderness. He later lived and painted on the French Côte d'Azur.

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Final Resting Place

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Le Lavandou Cemetery (Alongside painter Henri-Edmond Cross)
Le Lavandou (Var), France

                         GPS: 43.1378, 6.3683                    

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