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- Paul Haesaerts was born on February 15, 1901 in Boom, Belgium. He was a director and writer, known for Bezoek aan Picasso (1950), Rubens (1948) and Een gouden eeuw-de kunst der Vlaamse primitieven (1954). He died on January 31, 1974 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Brother of Luc Haesaerts.
- As an artist, Haesaerts practiced various disciplines. In addition to his own artistic work, he also wrote essays and directed documentaries about art.
- In 1952 he produced an experimental documentary entitled; "Four Belgian painters at work", thus creating a portrait of the painters Edgard Tytgat, Albert Dasnoy, Jean Brusselmans and Paul Delvaux. Under the camera's eye, the artists present a large glass panel representing one of the four seasons that evokes a stage in human life.
- In the essay "Flandre" he wrote with his brother Luc Haesaerts (1899-1962) about Flemish art since 1880. The essay appeared in 1931 in Éditions des Chroniques du Jour and was awarded the Picard Prize.
- Paul Haesaerts was a multi talented Belgian artist. Especially as a documentary filmmaker he was well known internationally.
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