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VAN OVERSTRAETEN War (1891-1981). Staircase. Oil...

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VAN OVERSTRAETEN War (1891-1981). Staircase. Oil painting. Signed lower right. Countersigned, titled and dated 1952 on the back. 61 x 46 cm approx. Slightly damaged and missing, including stains. -- War Van Overstraeten: a painter and politician who was one of the main founders of the Belgian Communist Party. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. After 1945, painting became his main activity. He joined the Animism movement. Works are conserved at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, and in numerous museums in Belgium. Family provenance.