Henry de Groux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry de Groux

lithographer, painter, sculptor

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1866

Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1930

Profession: painter, sculptor, lithographer

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Henry de Groux (15 September 1866, Brussels – 12 January 1930, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode) was a Belgian Symbolist painter, sculptor and lithographer.
His 1889 painting Christ attacked by a mob made when he was only 22 years old established his reputation as an innovative Symbolist painter and ensured his admission to the progressive artistic circles in Brussels.
He spent most of his active career in Paris.
He produced many works depicting the horrors of the First World War in the latter part of his career.