Maurice Langaskens

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Maurice Langaskens (born 1884 in Ghent — died 1946 in Schaerbeek) was a Belgian painter.{{Cite thesis|url=https://www.academia.edu/64627483|last=Shelby |first=Karen Dale |year=2008 |title=Conflicted Nationalism and World War I in Belgium: Memory and Museum Design |type=PhD |chapter= |publisher=The City University of New York|page=204}} Unpublished thesis. His work was initially of the Art Nouveau style.{{cite news|url=http://www.brusselnieuws.be/cultuur/luitenanten-van-de-art-nouveau|title=Luitenanten van de art nouveau|last=Van Garsse|first=Steven|date=3 November 2008|work=Brussel Nieuws|accessdate=19 May 2013}} Langaskens was prisoner of war when he painted his best known work, In Memorium: Burial of a Prisoner of War at the Gottingem Camp.