Who is Armand Massonet?

Armand Massonet (Saint-Gilles, 22 February 1892 – Jette, 11 March 1979) was a Belgian painter.

He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels and the Ecole National des Beaux-Arts in Paris (in the studio of Fernand Cormon), where he followed the steps of Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. During World War I, Massonet served as a stretcher-bearer for the Belgian Army while energetic for the art section of the Army, capturing scenes of battle and devastation throughout Belgium. He published an art and teacher paper called Le Claque à Fond while on the front line. After the war, he taught drawing in exchange schools and academies of Brussels while publishing books and articles upon art and sketch techniques. He worked when different artists and writers of the time, such as Victor Horta, René Lyr and Victor Boin. After World War II he moved to Paris, where he painted regularly and continued to pronounce books on art and painting. There he became acquainted taking into consideration painters such as Vlaminck.

Massonet’s accomplishment demonstrates a particular aptitude for sketching and capturing endeavor and light. As a painter, he produced numerous portraits and views of cities (Brussels, Paris, Venice) as well as interior scenes. His paintings then developed the theme of music and dance, portraying jazz bands and piano players. He produced numerous posters and marketing drawings for companies such as Philips and Agfa-Gevaert.

His action can be found in museums in Brussels, Belgium; Rheims, France; and Riga, Latvia.