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Buth was active as an illustrator and cartoonist for decades, particularly for Ghent newspapers. Much of his portrait work in this style dates from the period between the 1960s and the early 1980s. Michel Casteels was a well-known journalist, author, and playwright. The portrait, including the beer glasses at the bottom (which refer to his comic strip character Thomas Pips and Ghent folklore), fits perfectly with the cultural scene of which Buth was a part. Given that Michel Casteels (1917-1996) and Leo De Buth (1919-2010) were contemporaries and both were prominent figures in the Ghent media world, it is very likely that this work was created for an anniversary or a special supplement in the late 1980s.
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