Freddy van Dyckartist • sculptorTurnhout (België) 1942

The Belgian painter, graphic artist and sculptor Freddy van Dyck received his training at the academy and the National Institute for Graphics in Turnhout. His oeuvre shows a preference for figures - especially nudes, dancers, portraits, mother and child scenes - and beach scenes. Initially he used a sober palette of earth tones for his paintings in a modern romanticized style; a stronger coloration followed, partly under the influence of the application of collage techniques. His work is influenced by his uncle Albert van Dyck (1902-1951), painter and sculptor, and one of the most important representatives of animism in Belgium.