Biography of
the contemporary artist
Herman Janssens
Herman has been interested in drawing and painting since a very young age. But becoming an artist wasn’t considered a real profession by his parents, yet it was his greatest wish.
He had to wait 40 year to become a painter. After studying graphic design and Fine Arts at the Pius X Institute and Sint Lucas Paviljoen in Antwerp, he began working as a graphic designer for the Christian Mutual Insurance Company.
Herman has been interested in drawing and painting since a very young age. But becoming an artist wasn’t considered a real profession by his parents, yet it was his greatest wish.
He had to wait 40 year to become a painter. After studying graphic design and Fine Arts at the Pius X Institute and Sint Lucas Paviljoen in Antwerp, he began working as a graphic designer for the Christian Mutual Insurance Company.
During his military service, he and a school friend adorned the walls of Fort IV in Mortsel with three large murals.
In 1988, Herman decided to further his artistic development and enrolled in evening painting classes at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wilrijk (Antwerp)
He has been painting ever since and has exhibited his work since 1994, while also maintaining his position as artistic director at the Christian Mutual Insurance Company, the largest health insurance provider in Belgium, where he handled communications and advertising for 33 years.
In 2020, during the pandemic, he decided to change course, leaving his job, selling his house in Belgium, and moving to Séguret, France.
In 1988, Herman decided to further his artistic development and enrolled in evening painting classes at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wilrijk (Antwerp).
1975 – 1982 High School, Visual Arts Option, H.Pius X Institute, Antwerp, Belgium,
1982 – 1986 Specialization in Graphic Design and Advertising, Sint-Lucaspaviljoen, Antwerp, Belgium,
1988 – 1992 Academy of Fine Arts of Wilrijk (Antwerp), Belgium.
Study Program
Art critic
Art critic Joël-Claude Meffre
Born March 26, 1963, in Mortsel, Belgium. Lives and works in Séguret since 2020.
“The Giant of Provence” is Herman the painter’s favorite subject. With passion, he captures its shape that dominates the landscape, its light and colors, from sheet to sheet, from canvas to canvas. Like Paul Cézanne, who tirelessly painted Mont Sainte-Victoire, his great master.
Herman quitte en 2020 sa Belgique natale pour s’installer à Séguret dans le Vaucluse. Depuis ce jour ça lui arrive de traduire d’autres sujets comme les villages voisins Roaix et Sablet, les Dentelles de Montmirail ou le pont Romain à Vaison, toujours avec la même intensité.