The blind house by William Degouve de Nuncques
The blind house by William Degouve de Nuncques
- 🎨 William Degouve de Nuncques was a Belgian painter associated with the symbolist movement.
- 🌌 Best known for his nocturnal landscapes filled with strange atmospheres and visionary subjects.
- 👨🎨 He largely taught himself to paint after briefly enrolling in the Brussels Academy.
- 🏞️ He traveled extensively and painted scenes from Italy, Austria, and France, often focusing on parks at night.
- 💔 He suffered a religious crisis around 1910, which influenced his later works depicting his tormented state of mind.
- 🖼️ His best-known works include “The Blind House,” “The Angels,” and “Peacocks,” showcasing the magical quality of his art.
- 🏛️ The largest collection of his paintings is housed in the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo.
- 📜 He is remembered for his quote: “To make a painting, all you need to do is to take some paints, draw some lines, and fill the rest up with feelings.”
Available as a fine art print and as a stretched canvas panel (heavy fine art canvas stretched over 1.5 inch deep edge solid wood frame).
All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.
