Amedeo Modigliani
(1884- 1920)
 

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterised by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures — works that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought after. Modigliani was born and spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. In 1906, he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. By 1912, Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylised sculptures with Cubists of the Section d'Or group at the Salon d'Automne. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amedeo_Modigliani

Seated Nude
1917
Oil on canvas 
114.5 x 71.5 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/seated-nude

 Rik Wouters
(1882 - 1916)
 

Hendrik Emil (Rik) Wouters was a Belgian painter, sculptor and draughtsman. Wouters produced 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures in his 34 years before his illness-caused death. He died partway through the First World War on 11 July 1916 in Amsterdam. A sculptor, painter, draughtsman and etcher of typically fauvist style, Wouters' art resembled the works of artists including Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and André Derain – the "forefathers" of Fauvism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Wouters

Woman Ironing
1912
Oil on canvas
107  × 123 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/woman-ironing

 Theo Van Rysselberghe
(1862 - 1926)
 

Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe  was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Théo_van_Rysselberghe

Maria Sèthe at the Harmonium
1891
Oil on canvas
120 × 86 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/maria-sethe-at-the-harmonium

 James Ensor
(1860 - 1949)
 

James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ensor

The Intrigue
1890
Oil on canvas
89.5 x 149 cm 
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/the-intrigue

Henri De Braekeleer
(1840 - 1888)

Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer was a Belgian painter. He was born and died in Antwerp. He was trained in drawing by his father Ferdinand de Braekeleer, a well-known genre painter, and his uncle Jan August Hendrik Leys. Braekeleer entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) in 1854. Although he remained a student there until 1861, he publicly exhibited his paintings for the first time in 1858, when Reaper and Washerwoman (locations unknown) were shown at the Antwerp Salon. In 1863, he went to Germany and, in 1864, to the Netherlands, studying works by 16th- and 17th-century painters in both countries. The influence of Johannes Vermeer was especially important, seen in one of de Braekeleer's most characteristic subjects: a single person absorbed in a quiet activity, shown in an interior lit by a window. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Braekeleer

The Art Lover
1884
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 79.3 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/the-art-lover

Alexandre Cabanel 
(1823 - 1889)
 

Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon III's preferred painter and, with Gérôme and Meissonier, was one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Cabanel

Cleopatra
1887
Oil on canvas
162 x 287.6 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/cleopatra

Henri Leys
(1815 - 1869)

Henri Leys, Hendrik Leys or Jan August Hendrik, Baron Leys  was a Belgian painter and printmaker. He was a leading representative of the historical or Romantic school in Belgian art and became a pioneer of the Realist movement in Belgium. His history and genre paintings and portraits earned him a European-wide reputation and his style was influential on artists in and outside Belgium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_August_Hendrik_Leys

 

Albrecht Dürer Visiting Antwerp in 1520
1855
Acrylic on canvas
90 × 160 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/albrecht-durer-visiting-antwerp-in-1520