Émile-Florent Lecomte

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameÉmile-Florent•Lecomte
Used nameÉmile-Florent•Lecomte
Born1866 in Braine-le-Comte, Hainaut (BEL)
Died1938 in Uccle, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (BEL)
NOC Belgium

Biography

Émile-Florent Lecomte was a Belgian impressionistic painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, and took some courses in Genk. He painted mainly landscapes, gardens and parks, in a powerful, spontaneous style, in a color palette with attention to lighting effects. Lecomte also painted interiors, still lifes, figures and flowers, sometimes in a realistic style. He was a longtime director of the art magazine La Nervie.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions BEL Émile-Florent Lecomte
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC

Errata

POD also seen as St. Gilles (Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Wikipedia)