Claude Verlinde

Claude Verlinde (1927-) is a French surrealist artist. He found his vocation very early and entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the Academy de la Grande Chaumiere at the age of twenty.Closer to Renaissance artists and certain recognisable styles, he seeks above all the lyricism and freedom of expression. He is very influenced by Hieronymus Bosch , Lucas Cranach the Elder , Francisco Goya , James Ensor, etc