Hendrik Lek Belgian 1903-1985 Original Painting Of A Surreal Group Of Figures Around a Fire

Hendrik Lek, Painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium. His father did not want him to become an artist so he went into the diamond business, studying part-time at Antwerp Academy with Lucien de Jaegher. Fleeing from Germans he moved to Britain in 1940 and after the war became an antique dealer, having always collected, painting in his spare time. In 1946 he restored a 15th-century building called the Tudor Rose in Beaumaris which became an obsession, his shop and the subject of many of his pictures. When he ceased dealing it became a gallery in which his and his son Karel’s pictures were jointly shown. Showed at RCamA and other venues in Wales, as well as in Canada, Netherlands and America. Anglesey Art Collection holds his work. Lived in retirement in Anglesey, Gwynnedd, north Wales. Oil with gloss glaze. 14.5 x 11.5 cm actual painting size. 24.5 x 21.5 cm including frame