Maurice-Emile Blieck, born on December 27, 1878 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and died on July 24, 1905, was a Belgian engraver and treasurer of the municipality of Schaerbeek. Son of Emile Blieck, a clerk from Ypres, and Elisa Wiquelin, he married Marie-Bertha Denayer on July 24, 1905 and had a son, René Blieck.
In 1913, he gave up his position as treasurer to devote himself fully to his artistic career. Specializing in engravings of landscapes and urban scenes, he published a collection of 25 etchings of Ypres, followed by engravings of the city after its destruction during the war. Around 1920, he created a collection entitledSome pieces from old Schaerbeek, and immortalizes other cities such as Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Mechelen, De Panne, Paris, Geneva or Rotterdam.
Blieck is renowned for his ability to capture the essence of urban landscapes and picturesque scenes with finesse and sensitivity. In addition to his artistic output, he taught at the Schaerbeek School of Decorative Arts, contributing to the training of future artists. His legacy lives on through his prints, which provide a valuable documentation of the places before and after the upheavals of war.
