Jules Van de Leene, Street Study With Buildings Animals A fine early 20th-century oil

A fine early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a rural scene with a milkmaid and a stable boy

Meissner trained at the Dresden Art Academy under Robert Kummer and Ludwig Richter

So given the prominence of the crucifix

With his well-tailored outfit and perfectly coiffured moustache

fought in the war of 1870 as he painted several battles scenes and military portraits

Jules Van de Leene, Street Study With Buildings Animals A fine early 20th-century oilA quaint and blocky street scene by Belgian painter, Jules Van de Leene (1887 1962). It reminds us a little of Paul Czanne (1839 1906) and clearly the artist was an admirer. Van de Leene studied at the Acadmies des Beaux Arts of Ixelles and Brussels at such an exciting time. New ideas were emerging and a freedom to express was becoming commonplace. The post impressionists, such as Czanne and Paul Gauguin (1848 1903) had left an indelible mark, which