PORTRAITS
Works for sale are marked "Available".
Contact us by phone +32 2 539.23.09 or mail [email protected]
Works for sale are marked "Available".
Contact us by phone +32 2 539.23.09 or mail [email protected]
Victor SERVRANCKX (1897-1965)
"Opus 2 1933 - Portrait of Mrs Ch. B.", Oil on canvas, 58 x 45 cm
The cloudy background upper left is in perfect harmony with the ladies' haircut
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"Opus 2 1933 - Portrait of Mrs Ch. B.", Oil on canvas, 58 x 45 cm
The cloudy background upper left is in perfect harmony with the ladies' haircut
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Franz WILLEMS
"Self portrait" 1926, oil on panel
"Self portrait" 1926, oil on panel
CRETEN-GEORGES (Brussels 1887 - 1966)
"Seated nude" 1924, charcoal, 67 x 48 cm
"Seated nude" 1924, charcoal, 67 x 48 cm
Pierre-Louis FLOUQUET (Paris 1900 - Dilbeek 1967)
Portrait of Nobel prize winner André Gide (1869-1951), ca 1929, Tracing paper, 55 x 42 cm
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Portrait of Nobel prize winner André Gide (1869-1951), ca 1929, Tracing paper, 55 x 42 cm
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Marcel-Louis BAUGNIET (1896-1995)
"Portrait of Mrs Hirshhorn" 1924, oil on canvas, 84 x 69 cm
The Joseph Hirshhorn (1899-1981) Museum and Sculpture Garden in Wahington D.C. is part of the Smithsonian Institute
Exhibitions : Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels 1980, "Vies de femmes 1830-1980", Brussels Town hall, 1996
Private collection
"Portrait of Mrs Hirshhorn" 1924, oil on canvas, 84 x 69 cm
The Joseph Hirshhorn (1899-1981) Museum and Sculpture Garden in Wahington D.C. is part of the Smithsonian Institute
Exhibitions : Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels 1980, "Vies de femmes 1830-1980", Brussels Town hall, 1996
Private collection
Jennie Berman - Mrs Hirshhorn (1899-1966)
Baron James ENSOR (Ostend 1860 - 1949)
"Peintres aux prises" 1938, oil painting of Suzanne Van Damme (1901-1986) and Ensor
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"Peintres aux prises" 1938, oil painting of Suzanne Van Damme (1901-1986) and Ensor
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Suzanne VAN DAMME (Ghent 1901 - Brussels 1986)
"Portrait of James Ensor in his Ostend atelier" 1925, oil on panel, 90 x 120 cm
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"Portrait of James Ensor in his Ostend atelier" 1925, oil on panel, 90 x 120 cm
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Suzanne VAN DAMME
"Self portrait with red brush - Autoportrait au pinceau rouge" 1933, oil on panel, 63 x 52 cm
Exhibited at the Fine Arts museum of Antwerp & Arnhem, 1999 "A chacun sa grâce"
Collection Group 2 Gallery
"Self portrait with red brush - Autoportrait au pinceau rouge" 1933, oil on panel, 63 x 52 cm
Exhibited at the Fine Arts museum of Antwerp & Arnhem, 1999 "A chacun sa grâce"
Collection Group 2 Gallery
"Femme au chapeau de plumes" 1944, oil on canvas, 79 x 57 cm
Full page colour illustration in "Louis Van Lint" by Baron Philippe Roberts-Jones
Exhibitions : Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp 1955, Palais des Beaux-Arts Charleroi 1958,Center for Fine Arts Brussels 1978,
"Art in Belgium 1880-1950", Banque Bruxelles Lambert Brussels 1980, "Vies de femmes 1830-1980"
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Full page colour illustration in "Louis Van Lint" by Baron Philippe Roberts-Jones
Exhibitions : Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp 1955, Palais des Beaux-Arts Charleroi 1958,Center for Fine Arts Brussels 1978,
"Art in Belgium 1880-1950", Banque Bruxelles Lambert Brussels 1980, "Vies de femmes 1830-1980"
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René Guiette (Antwerp 1893 - 1976)
"Untitled (Rare Self portrait)" 1948, gouache, 63 x 48 cm
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"Untitled (Rare Self portrait)" 1948, gouache, 63 x 48 cm
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René Guiette (Antwerp 1893 - 1976)
"Self portrait" 1949, gouache, 48 x 38 cm
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"Self portrait" 1949, gouache, 48 x 38 cm
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Armand PERMANTIER (Brussels 1895 - 1960)
Portrait of artist Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976), 1940's, Oil on canvas
Invitation card of the Permantier exhibition at Group 2 Gallery, 2010
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Portrait of artist Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976), 1940's, Oil on canvas
Invitation card of the Permantier exhibition at Group 2 Gallery, 2010
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Bruno CAPACCI (Venice 1906 - Brussels 1996)
"Self portrait" 1936, oil on canvas
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"Self portrait" 1936, oil on canvas
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Bruno CAPACCI
"Self portrait" 1945, oil on panel
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"Self portrait" 1945, oil on panel
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Gaston Bertrand (Liège 1910 - Brussels 1994)
Founding member of "La Jeune Peinture Belge" (1945-48)
"Man in a crowd" 1942, oil on board, 30 x 23 cm
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Founding member of "La Jeune Peinture Belge" (1945-48)
"Man in a crowd" 1942, oil on board, 30 x 23 cm
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Gaston Bertrand
"L'homme à la toge - Portrait of a lawyer" 1961-69, oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm
Full page coulour illustration on p. 137of "Gaston Bertrand" by S. Goyens de Heusch, Fonds Mercator
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"L'homme à la toge - Portrait of a lawyer" 1961-69, oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm
Full page coulour illustration on p. 137of "Gaston Bertrand" by S. Goyens de Heusch, Fonds Mercator
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Heerbrant (Brussels 1912 - 1982)
"Absinthe drinking woman" 1935, black pencil drawing, 25x19cm
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"Absinthe drinking woman" 1935, black pencil drawing, 25x19cm
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Heerbrant
"Portrait of Igor Stravinsky", ink drawing, 25,5 x 18 cm
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"Portrait of Igor Stravinsky", ink drawing, 25,5 x 18 cm
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Heerbrant
"Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche" 1941, charcoal drawing, 49,5 x 39 cm
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"Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche" 1941, charcoal drawing, 49,5 x 39 cm
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Heerbrant
Portrait of artist Marthe Guillain (1890-1974), ink drawing, 24 x 17,5 cm
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Portrait of artist Marthe Guillain (1890-1974), ink drawing, 24 x 17,5 cm
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Heerbrant
"Sailor" ca 1945, charcoal drawing, 56,5 x 40,5 cm
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"Sailor" ca 1945, charcoal drawing, 56,5 x 40,5 cm
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Heerbrant
"Sacred dog" 1963-64, lead & grease pencils, 32 x 25 cm
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"Sacred dog" 1963-64, lead & grease pencils, 32 x 25 cm
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Heerbrant
"Masked Self portrait" 1965, charcoal drawing, 60 x 48 cm
Collection Group 2 Gallery
"Masked Self portrait" 1965, charcoal drawing, 60 x 48 cm
Collection Group 2 Gallery
Heerbrant
"Self portrait with sun" 1965, Linocut, 39 x 28 cm
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"Self portrait with sun" 1965, Linocut, 39 x 28 cm
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"Triple self-portrait"; linocut, 35 x 25 cm
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"Self portrait in a labyrinth" ca 1966, monotype, 36 x 24 cm
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Available
Heerbrant
"Portrait of a man" 1969, Monotype, 32 x 24 cm
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"Portrait of a man" 1969, Monotype, 32 x 24 cm
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Heerbrant
"Seated woman" 1970, Monotype, 33 x 24,5 cm
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"Seated woman" 1970, Monotype, 33 x 24,5 cm
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Heerbrant
"Portrait of a young woman" 1969, monotype, 36 x 28 cm
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"Portrait of a young woman" 1969, monotype, 36 x 28 cm
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Heerbrant
"Seated man" ca 1970, monotype & ecoline, 36 x 28 cm
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"Seated man" ca 1970, monotype & ecoline, 36 x 28 cm
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Heerbrant
"Self portrait with violin" 1972, ink & colour pencils, 27 x 21 cm
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"Self portrait with violin" 1972, ink & colour pencils, 27 x 21 cm
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Marc Mendelson (London 1915 - Brussels 2013)
Founding member of "La Jeune Peinture Belge" (1945-48)
"Portrait of Jan Cox" 1948, Pencil drawing
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Founding member of "La Jeune Peinture Belge" (1945-48)
"Portrait of Jan Cox" 1948, Pencil drawing
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Marc Mendelson
"Self portrait" 1951, Ink drawing
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"Self portrait" 1951, Ink drawing
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Zéphir Busine (1916 - 1976)
"Couple" 1959, oil on canvas, 130 x 89 cm
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"Couple" 1959, oil on canvas, 130 x 89 cm
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Jan Burssens (Mechelen 1925 - Merendree 2002)
"Igor Stravinsky" (1882-1971) 1971, oil on canvas
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"Igor Stravinsky" (1882-1971) 1971, oil on canvas
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Jan Burssens
"Ernest Hemingway" (1899-1961) 1971, Oil on canvas
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"Ernest Hemingway" (1899-1961) 1971, Oil on canvas
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Ernest Hemingway
Igor Tishin (Belarus, 1958)
Portrait of Sir Alfred Hitchcock 2010 , oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm
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Portrait of Sir Alfred Hitchcock 2010 , oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm
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Exploring the Depths of Character and Form Through Portraiture
At Group 2 Gallery in Brussels, portraiture is not merely representation but revelation—of time, identity, and artistic vision. Our curated collection of portraits, spanning early 20th-century modernism to post-war expression, features iconic and rare works by both celebrated and overlooked European artists. From Suzanne Van Damme’s luminous self-reflections to Marcel-Louis Baugniet’s refined depictions of cultural patrons, these portraits invite viewers into private histories and the aesthetic revolutions that shaped them.
A Legacy of European Modern Portraits: From Avant-Garde to Post-War Mastery
The portrait collection at Group 2 Gallery offers a compelling visual dialogue among Belgium’s most distinguished modernist artists. Works such as Victor Servranckx’s "Opus 2 – Portrait of Mrs. Ch. B." exemplify the refined abstraction and Art Deco tendencies of the 1930s, while Flouquet’s rendering of André Gide captures both the essence of the Nobel laureate and the fluidity of interwar intellectual circles.
These are not passive likenesses—they are dynamic psychological spaces, infused with cultural weight and individual nuance.
Suzanne Van Damme’s multiple appearances in this collection—including her vivid "Self-Portrait with Red Brush" and her intimate painting of James Ensor in his atelier—reinforce her role as a pioneering woman in European modernism. Her presence, alongside contemporaries such as Jennie Berman and Marthe Guillain, underscores the gallery’s dedication to women artists who navigated, and reshaped, the artistic landscape of their time. In contextualizing these female figures within a historically male-dominated genre, Group 2 Gallery affirms their rightful place in European art history.
Equally significant are the self-portraits and interpretive renderings by artists such as Heerbrant and Guiette, whose works on paper offer expressive and experimental approaches to identity. The repetition of self-portraiture throughout the collection reveals the introspective impulse behind so much of modern art—a search for essence beneath exteriority. These pieces resonate deeply with collectors seeking works rich in provenance, artistry, and psychological depth.
These are not passive likenesses—they are dynamic psychological spaces, infused with cultural weight and individual nuance.
Suzanne Van Damme’s multiple appearances in this collection—including her vivid "Self-Portrait with Red Brush" and her intimate painting of James Ensor in his atelier—reinforce her role as a pioneering woman in European modernism. Her presence, alongside contemporaries such as Jennie Berman and Marthe Guillain, underscores the gallery’s dedication to women artists who navigated, and reshaped, the artistic landscape of their time. In contextualizing these female figures within a historically male-dominated genre, Group 2 Gallery affirms their rightful place in European art history.
Equally significant are the self-portraits and interpretive renderings by artists such as Heerbrant and Guiette, whose works on paper offer expressive and experimental approaches to identity. The repetition of self-portraiture throughout the collection reveals the introspective impulse behind so much of modern art—a search for essence beneath exteriority. These pieces resonate deeply with collectors seeking works rich in provenance, artistry, and psychological depth.
A Destination for Collectors of Rare Modern Portraits
Located in the heart of Brussels, Group 2 Gallery specializes in rare and museum-quality portraits from Belgium’s rich modernist tradition. This gallery page offers an exceptional opportunity to discover available works by key figures such as Gaston Bertrand, René Guiette, and Bruno Capacci, alongside important female artists like Suzanne Van Damme. Whether you're seeking a unique portrait steeped in 20th-century European art history or adding depth to an existing collection, our expert team welcomes inquiries by appointment. Explore our curated selection and connect with artworks that bridge personal narrative and historical significance.
