Frans Masereel (Belgian - 1889-1972)

Frans Masereel was a Flemish painter.
He was educated by the Ghent painter Jean Delvin at the Ghent Academy of Fine Art.
He settled in France in 1910, then moved to Switzerland in 1914 then in 1921 to Paris and later Berlin where his closest creative friend was George Grosz.
After World War II, Masereel lived in Avignon and Nice, France.

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