L’Amortisseur Haubourdin

Lithograph on paper Jean Leon Henri Gouweloos was a Belgian painter, poster artist and lithographer. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and was a pupil of Albert Charle and Jean Portaels. Gouweloos had a passion for painting landscapes, maritime art and portraits of seductive women. Here Gouweloos shows us a female harlequin as she admires the Haubourdin shock absorbers of a French automobile. The quality of the shock absorbers is emphasized by the precarious posture of the harlequin, who continues to sit while the car drives over railway tracks. Lithographer ET Gouweloos Fre & Sr Bruxelles