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Canty Rik
Rik Canty is a Belgian artist born in 1939 in Deurle. He is a painter. Did not have any academic training, but often spent time in the studios of Jules De Coster, Albert Claeys and Léon De Smet. Painted landscapes, genre scenes, still lifes, flowers. Impressionist design. From the press: “As an autodidact, he learned a lot from Albert Claeys, that other icon of the Leie landscape. His Leie landscapes became popular at home and abroad. After staying in the Zwalm region for thirteen years, Rik returned to his familiar Leie region where he could continue to indulge in painting his beloved Leie landscapes, which he can exhibit again in Deurle. Rik indeed belongs to the last generation of Latem landscape painters.” (AF Haelemeersch) (Piron)