Draft:Octave Landuyt

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Octave Landuyt
[[File:Octave Landuyt 675.jpg|thumb|Landuyt in 2014]]
'''Octave Landuyt''' (26 December 1922 – 6 August 2024) was a Flemish painter, sculptor (bronze and ceramics), jewellery designer, graphic artist, industrial designer and designer of stage sets, costumes, textiles, furniture and carpets. He received various distinctions and prizes and represented in numerous museums and art collections in Belgium and internationally. Landuyt completed a full career as a teacher, initially at the Royal Athenaeum of Kortrijk, and from 1954 at the State Normal School in Ghent (now HoGent).{{Cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/08/07/oudste-belgische-kunstenaar-octave-landuyt-101-overleden-een/|title=Oudste Belgische kunstenaar Octave Landuyt (101) overleden, "een universele kunstenaar"|work=VRT NWS|date=7 August 2024|access-date=2024-08-07|last=Bonneure|first=Kristien|language=nl}}

In 2022, the exhibition "Aurum Flandriae" was held in [[Antwerp]] in honor of his hundredth birthday.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hln.be/antwerpen/een-wedergeboorte-van-de-vlaamse-primitieven-octave-landuyt-viert-100ste-verjaardag-met-expo~a358968a |title=“Een wedergeboorte van de Vlaamse Primitieven”: Octave Landuyt viert 100ste verjaardag met expo |date=18 September 2022 |access-date=2022-12-06 |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]]|language=nl}}

Landuyt died on 6 Augusts 2024 at the age of 101 years old.[https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20240807_95481320 Belgische kunstwereld verliest een grote naam: Octave Landuyt (101) overleden. “Hij zal enorm worden gemist”][https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20240807_94521834 Octave Landuyt (101), een van de belangrijkste Belgische kunstenaars, is overleden]


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