Pierre Paulus
Belgian expressionist painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Paulus (1881–1959), later Baron Pierre Paulus de Châtelet, was a Belgian expressionist painter. He is best known as the designer of the "bold rooster" (French: coq hardi) adopted on 3 July 1913 as the symbol of the Walloon Movement and today the flag of Wallonia.[1]
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Pierre Paulus de Châtelet | |
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Born | (1881-03-16)16 March 1881 |
Died | 17 August 1959(1959-08-17) (aged 78) Brussels, Belgium |
Notable work | Flag of Wallonia |
Movement | Expressionism |
Relatives | Pierre Binetter |
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Paulus gained notability during the Walloon Art Exposition of Charleroi in 1911 and, in the interwar period, he held several exhibitions in Europe and in the United States.