Anne Pierre de Kat was born in the Netherlands and was a painter of still lifes, portraits and flowers, which he liked to pose in the rain or snow. In addition to painting, he also worked in sculpture. He had previously studied at The Hague and Ghent, but then moved permanently to Bruxelles. His son Joan was also an artist. In 1920 Anne de Kat was naturalized in Belgium, after being recruited there in World War I, having sustained a serious injury in 1914. He remained in Great Britain for recovery until the end of the war. He lived in Paris from 1950 onwards. De Kat’s naturalistic style was initially influenced by luminism and later by Renaissance painters.
Belgium