 The Flemish critic at "Het Volk" also remarked on the sincerity of Dewis's work after visiting the same exhibition.Unlike the younger painter of Bordeaux described by his daughter Yvonne – in Paris, Dewis devoted nearly all of his time to painting in his atelier at 28 rue Chaptal or sketching at locations across France and Belgium.He was prolific, selling hundreds of paintings in his career.