Léon Van Dievoet Explained

Léon van Dievoet
Honorific Suffix:K. O. Leopold, K. O. Crown
Birth Date:5 July 1907
Birth Place:Ixelles
Death Date:6 December 1993
Death Place:City of Brussels
Nationality:Belgian
Occupation:architect, painter, engraver, and drawer.
Father:Gabriel van Dievoet
Family:Van Dievoet family

Léon Van Dievoet (; 5 July 1907 – 6 December 1993) was a Belgian architect,[1] painter, engraver, and draughtsman.[2]

He is the author of numerous drawings of places in Brussels that have since been demolished which have been described as a "mine of information for all those interested in the Brussels of yesteryear".[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: La famille van Dievoet, l'art et l'architecture. puzzlavie.be. fr. 2020-05-26.
  2. Web site: Léon van Dievoet. photos-promenade.be. fr. 2020-05-26.
  3. In French: "mine d'informations pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent au Bruxelles d'antan". F. By, "Famille van Dievoet : Artistes, de père en fils", in Le Vif/L'Express numéro spécial Bruxelles: la saga des grandes familles, vol. 26, no. 47 (Le Vif) and no. 2993 (L'Express), 21–27 November 2008, p. 121.