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ANTOINE (ANTO) CARTE (belgian 1886-1954)/span "L'ENFANT ROI" Signed and dated 'Anto Carte/ 1919' bottom right; also inscribed with artist on label verso, watercolor on paper 30 x 16 1/4 in. (76.2 x 41.3cm) provenance: /spanThe Collection of Madame A. Neyrinck, Brussels. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New York, New York. exhibited:/span "Anto Carte." Société Auxiliaire des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-arts, Brussels, 1959. note:/span Belgian artist Antoine (Anto) Carte's works are unique in that they include characteristics of symbolism, naturalism, and expressionism. His subjects are inspired by the lives of laborers such as miners, farmers, and fishermen. The son of a furniture maker and carpenter, he attended the Academy of Mons and Brussels from 1897 to 1908, where he studied with artists such as Constant Montald, Émile Fabry, and Jean Delville. These important Symbolist painters profoundly influenced his practice and his style. From 1912 to 1913 Carte traveled to Paris on a scholarship to work for the Ballets Russes, and came into contact with Russian artists such as Léon Bakst, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Maurice Denis. After having several exhibitions in Brussels, Paris, and other European cities, a major retrospective of his work was held at the Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh in 1925, which ensured long-term success with the American public. A teacher, scholar, and successful artist, Carte founded an expressionist style group with his friends in 1928. He also produced drawings, engravings, book illustrations, posters, lithographs, banknotes, stamps, fresco design, sculpture, stained glass windows, and carpets.