Luc-Peter Crombé (14 January 1920 – 17 May 2005) was a Belgian, Flemish painter. Luc-Peter Crombé was painter of landscapes, portraits, figures and religious subjects. He was part of the so-called 4th School of Latem of Flemish art and was known for his use of the tempera technique, his religious art but also for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Early life Luc-Peter Crombé was born in Opwijk, a small Flemish city northwest of Brussels. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Sint-Lucas Academie in Ghent, as well as at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp). He was a student of Jos Verdegem and Constant Permeke. Crombé studied art history in the École du Louvre in Paris and also spent time in the mid 1940s at the influential Académie de la Grande Chaumière where he learned how to draw the female body. Style and technique The earliest works by Luc-Peter Crombé are in a more intimate and decorative style, in which he relies on traditional images from every day Flemish life. From the 1950s onwards, the influences from the South became apparent, beginning with the use of tempera technique and in particular in the area of the interplay between colour and light. The figure also gets its place as the main motif (a child's world, portraits and background characters), pastel and charcoal drawings. At the end of the 1950s, his travels to Corsica where his art focus on the origin and erosion of rocks. He begins to experiment with abstract art. This period, which runs until around 1965, is therefore considered to be his first period with his Corsica series, Italy, Morocco and Spanish series. The religious art of Luc-Peter Crombé in the late 1950s and early 1960s culminates with the painting of his famous Way of the Cross hangs in the Mariahal next to the Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel. At the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, Luc-Peter Crombé had two work-studios: in addition to the Sint-Martens-Latem studio, he also had another studio in Maaseik. The smooth brush strokes dominate from that moment. During this period, he mainly produces pastel and charcoal drawings. The Latem period is characterized by the following successive series: 'Tribute to life' where movement plays an important role. The movement in dance and theatrical life are very important and dominant subjects. This