Maurice Wyckaert artwork • painting • previously for sale Tree of life
Maurice Wyckaert
Brussel 1923-1996
1923-1996
Tree of life
oil on canvas 100.1 x 119.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '70
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer, Amsterdam, inv.nr. 16231; part. bezit Nederland.
Literature: Caroline Roodenburg-Schadd, 'Tussen figuratie en abstractie. De geschiedenis van Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer', Zwolle 2018, pag. 117, afb. 108 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 'Eyeopener, Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer (1945-2006)', 30 juni-16 sept. 2018.
Maurice Wyckaert is regarded as one of the most important Belgian post-war painters. He was born in Brussels in 1923 where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Around 1960 Wyckeart developed his own style, characterized by a colourful palette. He was also co-founder of art magazine De Meridiaan and member of the art movement Situationistische Internationale. Various works by Wyckaert have recently been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in Brussels. This museum describes his later abstract work as 'interior landscapes' that sprouted from his own fantasy and are not based on reality.
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