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Thévenet, Louis
(b Bruges, 12 Feb 1874; d Halle, 16 Aug 1930). Belgian painter. He was self-taught and worked at several trades before turning to painting. While working as a shop assistant in the Maison Beethoven in Brussels he met anti-establishment artists and began to frequent the Libre Académie and the group L’Effort, through which he met Auguste Oleffe. From 1895 to 1902 he and Oleffe lived by the North Sea at Nieuwpoort, where they led the life of the local people. Thévenet spent more time dreaming than painting, executing his first works in 1900. In 1903 he settled in Brussels, where he allied himself with Charles Dehoy and other artists later associated with BRABANT FAUVISM. He also exhibited in the Salons organized by the Labeur circle (1903–6), by La Libre Esthétique (1904) and at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris (1906).
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