Eugène Remy Maes [1849-1931]
Belgium
Doves, ca.1927 [or says 1925?]
Oil on canvas
14 x 16-1/2 inches
Signed at lower right : 'ERM'.


Eugene Remy Maes (1849-1931) [aka: Theo van Sluys]

BIOGRAPHY
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Eugene Remy Maes was born in Belgium as Theo van Sluys in 1849 in the village of Puurs near Bornem. He trained at the Brussels Academy of Fine Art. The artist produced work under the pseudonym Eugene Remy Maes.


Maes’s work was popular during his lifetime and made into various types of mechanical reproductions. He was known for his sensitive painting of animal fur and their faces.


Maes died in Kontich, Belgium in 1931.


SOURCE
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– “Eugene Remy Maes”. http://www.onlinegalleries.com/artists/d/eugene-remy-maes/8183
– Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, October 20, 1900, Saturday, page 7.