1889 11X13PHOTOGRAVURE LITHOGRAPH OF PAINTING BY JAN VAN BEERS -SEA BATHING AT OSTEND. JAN VAN BEERS (1852 - 1927) WAS A PAINTER OF PORTRAITS, HISTORY AND GENRE SCENES. HE WAS BORN IN BELGIUM IN 1852 AND GREW UP IN A HIGHLY CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC MILIEU, HIS FATHER BEING A FAMOUS POET AND HAVING BEFRIENDED ARTISTS SUCH AS THE COMPOSER PIERRE BENOIT.
