Hendrik Conscience

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Hendrik Conscience, oil painting on wood by Henri de Pondt; in the Stedelijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Kortrijk, Belg.

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Born	December 3, 1812 • Antwerp • Belgium
Died	September 10, 1883 (aged 70) • Ixelles • Belgium
Notable Works	“De kerels van Vlaanderen” • “Het goudland” • “In’t wonderjaar” • “The Lion of Flanders”
Movement / Style	Romanticism

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Hendrik Conscience, oil painting on wood by Henri de Pondt; in the Stedelijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Kortrijk, Belg.

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Alexandre Dumas.

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Viktor Rydberg

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Bernhard Severin Ingemann, detail of a pencil-and-watercolour drawing by H. Olrik, 1860; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

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Cyriel Buysse

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Herman Teirlinck

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Hugo Claus

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Willem Elsschot

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Timmermans, Felix

Felix Timmermans

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Ernest Claes

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