‘Girl by the River Leie’ Blank Greetings Card

“A beautiful blank greetings card featuring the breath-taking masterpiece ‘Girl by the River Leie’ by Emile Claus c. 1892.

Emile Claus was a Belgian painter born on 27 September 1849, “Karel Van de Woestijne described Claus as ‘one of the most amiable characters in the country, amiable as an Adam who paints; his impressions go no further-or so it seems-than the retina of his eyes: his brain is able to remain untouched by them; his art is the least thought-about art one can imagine. It is the very reason why Claus is such an enviable person and a person who cannot grow old: he is like the youth of the world.'”” [Extract from the Coming Home – Flemish Art 1880-1930 Catalogue from one of our previous Exhibitions ‘Painting Flanders’.]