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Herman Richir | Guerre et Paix, 1914

Belgian painter Herman Jean Joseph Richir (1866-1942) was born in Ixelles - Elsene (Municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium) on December 4th, 1866 and died in Uccle - Ukkel (Municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium) on March 15th, 1942 at the age of 75.
An academic painter, Richir first he studied at the Academy Fine Arts De Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode, Brussels, with Gustave Biot and Charles Hermans, then he went to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussel from 1884-1889 led by Jean Portaels.