Artist
Jef van Tuerenhout
1926, Mechelen (Belgium)–2006, Wenduine (Belgium) · Ostend (Belgium)
Jef van Tuerenhout (Mechelen, 23 May 1926 - Wenduine, 4 March 2006) was a Belgian painter, sculptor, ceramicist, engraver and jewellery designer. He studied painting and sculpture at the Sint-Lucas Academy in Brussels.
His style evolved from a bitter miserabilism and Flemish expressionism towards a neo-expressionism and ultimately a mildly erotic, sensual style on the border between surrealism and magic realism; he is sometimes called the last surrealist of Belgium. He settled on the seafront promenade of Ostend and in 1976 was appointed knight in the Order of Leopold II.
Biography via nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_van_Tuerenhout