Belgian notes pre euro 01d - series 1994

1000 BEF

The fourth note in the set of artist notes, is a 1000 Belgian franc note (€ 24.80)
Again a 20th century artist is depicted on the note.
Constant Permeke was born in Antwerp in 1886, and died in Ostend in 1952. He is the most famous representatives of the Flemisch expressionism.

1000 Belgian francs note - Constant Permeke

Many of his paintings and sculptures refer to the hard, but fertile soil of Flanders' fields between the two world wars. Depicting the hard and rough life of many people living in the country side.
The sailing ship on the front side of the note, refers to his live in Ostend.

Reverse side of 1000 Belgian francs

Moving to the sea side reflects in the work of Permeke, as he often depics fishermen and their lives.
His sculptures are as rough as the live of the working class, but there is a certain beauty in the naive uglyness in his works.

Permeke's fisherman

This 1000 francs note has similar security treads to the ones on the 500 francs note.

embossed printing

In the top left corner of each note, there are always horizontal and verical lines.
The code is quite simple and indicates the value of each note, for blind and visually impaired people:

the 'secret code'

to be continued...