Provenance
Private collection
Note: Ernest Forgeur studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Liège. He followed the teachings of Évariste Carpentier for painting, Adrien de Witte for drawing, and Jean Ubaghs for expression and anatomy courses. He became friends with some of his fellow students such as Luc Lafnet, Robert Crommelynck and Edgar Scauflaire. His drawings were illustrated in the daily newspaper 'La Meuse' and the magazine 'Pourquoi Pas'?, among others. In 1925, he created the Cercle publicitaire liégeois and in 1935, founded the Association des Professionnels de la Publicité. Georges Simenon called on him to illustrate his first novel 'Au pont des Arches', published in 1921. Subsequently, other works by the famous Liège novelist were also embellished with illustrations by Forgeur. During the interwar period, he created numerous advertising posters. After 1945, Forgeur devoted himself more to painting and he was particularly influenced by Georges Braque. Examples of his works are held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Liège.