collections. They can only rarely be seen. One recent occasion was the retrospective Théo van Rysselberghe in Brussels and later in The Hague between February and September 2006. In November 2005, his work Port Cette (1892) fetched a record 2.6m € at an auction in New York. Family Van Rysselberghe married Marie Monnom in 1889, with whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth van Rysselberghe. Elizabeth became one of Rupert Brooke's lovers. His brother Octave van Rysselberghe (1855–1929) was a distinguished Belgian architect, who collaborated with Joseph Poelaert and Henry Van de Velde. Honours 1919: Commander of the Order of Leopold. References Bibliography P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 719-721. Only catalogue raisonné in existence on paintings pastels, watercolours, drawings, etchings, posters (about 1800 entries); including a supplement with a list of works(319 entries) considered not to be genuine. List of signatures and monogrammes; list of letters by van Rysselberghe to different addressees with short contents; bibliography and list of exhibitions. R.Feltkamp, Editions Racine 2003 Brussels. Monography 237 pages R.Feltkamp, Editions Racine 2003 Brussels Catalogue of the exhibition "Théo van Rysselberghe" at the "Palais des Beaux Arts", Brussels 'February–May 2006) and the "Gemeentemuseum", The Hague (June–September 2006) Catalogue of the exhibition "Théo van Rysselberghe : neo-impressionist" at the "Museum of Fine Arts", Ghent 1993 External links Short biography in Dutch Flemish Art Collection: The Reading by Van Rysselberghe supplement to the catalogue raisonné Signac, 1863–1935, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Théo van Rysselberghe (see index) 1862 births 1926 deaths Belgian painters Post-impressionist painters Artists from Ghent Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts alumni