BELLEROCHE, ALBERT de (1864 - 1944), painter and lithographer
Date of birth: 1864
Date of death: 1944
Spouse: Emilie Julie Belleroche (née Visseaux)
Gender: Male
Occupation: painter and lithographer
Area of activity: Art and Architecture
Author: Thomas Mardy Rees
Born 1864 at Swansea and brought up by his stepfather, W.H.V. Millbank. Sir Frank Brangwyn, his friend and staunch admirer of his work, bought for Brussels Museum the artist's ' The Fortune Teller '. Belleroche presented to the National Museum of Wales a collection of his works, including a full-length portrait of his mother. He devised a method of detecting forged watermarks in 1915.
He died 14 July 1944, at Rustington, Sussex. He and his wife Emilie Julie Visseaux had 2 sons and a daughter.
Author
- Reverend Thomas Mardy Rees, (1871 - 1953)
- South Wales Echoand Express, 17 August 1944
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Sources
- Wikipedia Article: Albert de Belleroche
Further Reading
Published date: 2001
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