Frans martin claerhout biography

Frans Martin Claerhout was born on Febru, in Pittem, Flanders, Belgium.

Frans Martin Claerhout was a Belgian-born South African artist known for his expressionistic paintings and drawings of life in South Africa....

Frans Claerhout

Belgian painter (1919–2006)

Frans Claerhout (15 February 1919 – 4 July 2006) was a Belgian painter who spent most of his adult life in South Africa.

Biography

Claerhout was born in Pittem, West Flanders in 1919, and moved to South Africa as a missionary for the Catholic Church in 1946, at the age of 27. He moved after completing his training for the priesthood.

Frans Martin Claerhout was born on Febru, in Pittem, Flanders, Belgium.

Born in in Pittem, Belgium, Frans Claerhout came to South Africa as a Catholic missionary in and remained there until his death in

Frans Martin Claerhout was a Belgian-born South African artist known for his expressionistic paintings and drawings of life in South Africa.

Born in Belgium, Frans Claerhout came to South Africa in as a Catholic priest and missionary.

Born in in Pittem, Belgium, Frans Claerhout came to South Africa as a Catholic missionary in and remained there until his death in Initially.

His first post was in the Transvaal but in 1948 he was transferred to the Orange Free State.^[1] He stayed on a farm near Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. He worked as a priest and in his spare time he concentrated on his art.^[2]

Claerhout was a self-taught painter who created landscapes and figures in oil paint.

He started painting more after relocating to Thaba Nchu in 1960, and became famous for his unique style, which used vivid colors and incorporated items such as donkeys, sunflowers and figures of people he met through his everyday life.

His work wa