Belgium - Paintings

Abstract composition by Hans Vandeweghe Oil on panel

This painting is a perfect example of lyrical abstraction and a choice painting out of the best period of Vlerick's career. Geen nachtschade (No Nightshade), 1962 Oil on Masonite board 121 x 61 cm (without frame) 136 x 75 cm (framed) Signed and dated bottom left ‘P. Vlerick 1962’& with title, signature place and date at the back Pierre Vlerick...

Oil on canvas painting, called Nie wieder naïvität (2024), by Frederik Van Laere

Oil pastel on Steinbach paper. The work is called ‘Damn, there goes the rescue attempt’ (2024)

Paul-Édouard Crébassa’s painting is a beautiful example of post-impressionist art, showcasing his ability to blend detailed observation with expressive techniques to capture the ephe...

"Oil Painting On Canvas Dated 1921, Military Portrait By Paul Leroy" Paul Alexandre A. LEROY (1860-1942), French school. Description: Very beautiful oil painting on canvas, represent...

This painting by François Théodore Isidore Verheyden displays a vibrant and dynamic landscape, likely influenced by the Post-Impressionist movement. The foreground is dominated by tr...

This painting is a perfect example of lyrical abstraction and a choice painting out of the best period of Vlerick's career. Ineffable, 1962 Oil on Masonite board 91,5 x 61,5 cm (without frame) 93 x 63 cm (framed) Signed and dated Top Right ‘P. Vlerick 1962’ with title, signature place and date at the back: Ineffable P. Vlerick Afsnee 1962 Pierre Vlerick’s work shows some resemblance to Willem de Kooning’s. While the Dutch American was famed for the wild manner in which he treated his canvas, Pierre Vlerick showed some more restraint, but making a painting was in any case a slow process of stopping and starting and revising. His exploration is meant to result in a correct proportion of colour fields and streaks, often applied layer upon layer. All his colors have a luminous intensity. It was mainly Bonnard’s colorful work that inspired Vlerick to compose his own singular range of colors of slightly tingling yellows, greens, oranges and bits of blue here and there. Abstraction is emphasized by his use of color. Colors not associated with objects from daily life often dominate the composition: purple, for instance. This is the basis for his continuing abstraction, ending up as color fields combined with organic elements depicted with the vaguest of contours. Though both artists create a very metropolitan, say even worldly art, their work evokes nature. De Kooning has been called a master of ‘abstract landscape’. The structure of Vlerick’s works, too, is very vegetable and organic. No wonder he referred to his paintings as his ‘gardens’. Neither artist allowed his garden to remain empty: de Kooning created a female figure looking like a cross between a floozy and the mother goddess. Vlerick imagined a woman who is enjoying her body. Vlerick’s approach to abstract art is the same as de Kooning’s; they refuse to paint in a figurative manner, yet at the same time do not wish to renounce referring to reality. De Kooning once put it very accurately during an interview when he conceded that painting the human figure any longer was absurd(in the post-war period), but also stated that it would be even more absurd not to do it. The only way out of this ambiguous dilemma is the deconstruction of the human figure. Not in order to reject it, but to show it in all its fragility. Pierre Vlerick’s exceptional artistic talents were already recognized while he was studying at the Ghent Academy (1940-1944) whereupon graduating he received a gold medal. In 1947-1948 Vlerick enrolls at the “la Grande Chaumière Academy”, a Parisian private academy which attracts lots of foreign artists thanks to the reputation of its most important teachers such as Maurice Denis (1870-1943). Denis was one of the founding fathers of “the Nabis” and is also considered to be the godfather of abstract art by many artists and art critics. Maurice Denis is famous for his quote: "Remember that a painting, before it is any kind of representation, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors in a certain collected order." At La Grande Chaumière, Vlerick is challenged to develop a pictorial language of his own. Vlerick develops a way to translate the observed reality into visions of color and form, which can be situated somewhere on the axis between the figurative and the abstract. Reality is decomposed and reconstructed into a complete new representation. After a trip to Spain in 1955 the painter evolves towards the use of brighter colors. At the Brussels World Exhibition of 1958 (Expo 58) Vlerick is for the first time confronted with real works of 17 American artists (William Baziotes, James Brooks, Sam Francis, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Theodoros Stamos, Clyfford Still, Bradley Walker...

La Chapelle de la Protection in Cagnes, circa 1925 Oil on panel, signed with the monogram lower left 27 x 34.5 cm Bibliography: The Painters of Cagnes, exhibition catalogue, Château-Musée Grimaldi, 2011, p.62 Paul Leduc...

This captivating trompe-lœil painting showcases Jean Grimal’s extraordinary mastery of illusion. A vivid red cardinal, a black wooden flute, curling manuscripts and brittle music she...

This luminous coastal landscape, depicting the Calanche rock formations of Corsica, reveals a lesser-known but deeply resonant dimension of Paul Justin Marcel Balmigère’s artistic id...

Montauk (Abstract Painting) Beeswax, resin and pigment on canvas mounted on panel. Unframed. This work is from a series of formal trifold compositions of quiet horizontal abstracti...

Linear Orange (Abstract Painting) Cold wax and oil stick on canvas paper - Unframed The work is matted, image size is 40 x 32 cm / 15.7 x 12.2 in Within the minimalist construct, ...

Linear Zest (Abstract Painting) Cold wax and oil stick on canvas paper - Unframed The work is matted, image size is 40 x 32 cm / 15.7 x 12.2 in Within the minimalist construct, th...

Philippe Couture was born in Drummondville, Canada in 1984 and currently resides in Kyoto, Japan. Phil’s art education was primarily self-taught. His training consisted of drawing an...

Rodolphe Wytsman (1860-1927) was a Belgian impressionist painter. He trained at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and was one of the founding members of Les XX, a group...

Chuchotis (Abstract painting) Beeswax, resin and pigment on canvas mounted on panels. Unframed. This work is from a series of formal trifold compositions of quiet horizontal abstra...

Linear Zest (Abstract Painting) Cold wax and oil stick on canvas paper - Unframed The work is matted, image size is 40 x 32 cm / 15.7 x 12.2 in Within the minimalist construct, th...

Turning The Wheel (Abstract Painting) Beeswax, resin and pigment on panel. Within a process of repetitive application and reduction of paint, this work explores the energies of tra...

Ambient Grey (Abstract Painting) Beeswax, resin and pigment on canvas mounted on panel. Unframed. Mathematically, the concept of ambient space will change within a two or three di...

The Whisper Of Solitude (Abstract Painting) Beeswax, resin and pigment on canvas mounted on panels. Unframed. This work is from a series of formal compositions of quiet horizontal ...

Beeswax, resin and pigment on archival paper mounted on archival board matted - Unframed. This work is from a series of works on paper exhibi...

Beeswax, resin and pigment on panel - Unframed. The images Yntema creates are the result of accumulated, semi-translucent layers of color. The beeswax gives a dimensional quality t...

Beeswax, resin and pigment on archival paper mounted on archival board matted - Unframed. This work is from a series of works on paper exhibited in the solo show: “The Temperature o...

Beeswax, resin and pigment on canvas mounted on panel - Unframed. The images Yntema creates are the result of accumulated, semi-translucent layers of color. The beeswax gives a di...

Beeswax, resin and pigment on panel. Within a process of repetitive application and reduction of paint, this work explores the energies of transparencies and densities of monochroma...

he sides are always spotless white. This provides a good view of any environment and this makes it possible not to use an additional frame. All paintings are ready to hang up on the...

Beeswax, resin and pigment on canvas mounted on panel. Unframed. Mathematically, the concept of ambient space will change within a two or three dimensional space, one being true an...

Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792) was a leading 18th-century English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1792. He was born on 16 July...

Beeswax, resin and pigment on canvas mounted on panel. Unframed. This work is from a series of formal trifold compositions of quiet horizontal abstraction, based in the Venetian tra...

Oil on canvas painting of a gas station by night. Hans Defer is a well-known Belgian artist, making photos, paintings and videos. The main themes in his work are autism, crime and...

Oil on canvas painting of abstract clouds. The painting is called Woesterer - which is a non-existing word, but it has 'woest' in it, which means wild, angry in Dutch.

Oil on canvas painting of a series of sardine cans, called 'Dramadol'. By Jean De Groote

Oil on canvas painting of a white primrose

Original oil painting on canvas. Figurative art. The sides are always spotless white. This provides a good view of any environment and this makes it possible not to use an additional...

The sides are always spotless white. This provides a good view of any environment and this makes it possible not to use an additional frame. All paintings are ready to hang up on t...

Original and unique On Cansons paper 600gr A structural design with special attention to color and balance. Every painting is signed and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity a...

Sliding panels, acrylic on wood

Oil pastel on paper landscape of a road with trees on both sides. The title is: As things faded this morning, I just panicked (2024)

Oil on canvas painting of a blue lampshade on black background 'Lambade in blue', by Jean De Groote (BE)

Unique painting of a man hiding behind a wall and bird. Especially the bright yellow stands out and gives this painting a warm vibe.

Oil on canvas painting of white primroses on a green background

Original oil painting on canvas. Figurative. The sides are always spotless white. This provides a good view of any environment and this makes it possible not to use an additional fra...

Original oil painting on canvas. Figurative art. The sides are always spotless white. This provides a good view of any environment and this makes it possible not to use an addition...

Oil on canvas painting of a balancing man. The artwork is called 'Stay'

XXXL painting called 'Looking for the ultimate pleasure'

Oil on canvas painting of a white rose in a vase, called 'Still life'

Born in 1988, La Louvière (BE) Lives and works between Brussels (BE) and London (UK) Toufan Hosseiny’s work is defined by repetitions of patterns and movements. Working mainly with ...

A masterfully painted scene originating from the artist's studio In this painting, Langaskens brings together several motifs that were also the subject of his graphic work: the blind man, the priest, the nun and the farm that also appears in the famous etching "les toits rouges" (the red roofs). These elements are brought together in a dynamic and colourful composition, where the similarities to that other Belgian painter, Anto Carte, are striking. Combining these elements in this way creates a certain tension. Is the work about mercy (helping a blind man), or are we spectators of a scene where a poor wretch's purse is stolen? Striking is the use of impasto, in which the painter emphasises the texture of fabrics and skin via flowing lines. Maurice Langaskens 1884 - 1946 Biography A Belgian painter and printmaker, Maurice (Maurits) Langaskens enrolled in the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1901, and was trained as a decorative painter by the leading Belgian muralist and sculptor Constant Montald. From early on, Langaskens was recognized as a fine draughtsman, and won several prizes at the Académie. After living and studying for a few months in France in 1906, mainly in Dijon, the young Langaskens settled in Schaerbeek, outside Brussels. He began his independent career in 1907, when he exhibited three decorative paintings at the Salon in Brussels for the first time and also had an exhibition of his work shown at the Salle Boute in the city. The following year he contributed six paintings to the 16th annual exhibition of the Belgian artist’s association ‘Pour l’Art’ in Brussels, where he was to exhibit frequently over the course of his later career, until 1941. (Langaskens also designed the poster for the 17th ‘Pour l’Art’ exhibition in 1909.) Also in 1908, one of his paintings was selected for an exhibition of modern Belgian art in Berlin. Much of Langaskens’s early work was in a vibrant and visually arresting Art Nouveau or Symbolist style. This bold and colourful manner also translated well into large-scale mural commissions, and he soon became one of the leading painter-decorators of the early 20th century in Belgium. His decoration of the town hall of the city of Zoutleeuw in 1912 earned the artist considerable fame and the praise of his teacher and mentor Montald: ‘He was one of the best students in the class; today he is the most outstanding artist among the decorators of our time.’ The same year the first of several exhibitions of Langasken’s work was mounted at the Cercle Artistique et Littéraire in Brussels. The outbreak of the First World War, however, brutally interrupted the rise of the artist’s successful career. Drafted into the Belgian army at the beginning of August 1914, Langaskens was captured by the Germans after less than a fortnight. He spent the next three and half years as a prisoner of war, at internment camps at Sennelager, Münsterlager and Göttingen. He produced numerous, mostly small-scale paintings and watercolours of portraits and depictions of many of his fellow prisoners, as well as scenes of daily camp life, that are today regarded as among his finest and most personal works. It was also during this period that he painted two of his best-known pictures, the large canvas In Memoriam, painted in 1916 and depicting the burial of a Belgian soldier by his comrades, and the monumental triptych Repose en Paix, painted between 1915 and 1918. After his liberation and return to Belgium, Langaskens exhibited over eighty of the paintings and drawings that he had produced as a prisoner of war at the Galerie Sneyers in Brussels in 1918. After the Armistice, Langaskens - suffering from aphasia and nervous disorders brought about by his long confinement - painted mainly easel pictures of winter landscapes, rustic genre scenes and floral subjects, and also produced a number of designs for tapestries, book illustrations and stained-glass windows. Within a few years, however, his health had recovered and he returned to undertaking large-scale decorative mural commissions. In 1920 Langaskens was one of the founders, alongside Montald, Jean Delville, Emile Fabry...

Toufan Hosseiny (b. 1988, La Louvière, Belgium) is a Belgian-Iranian artist based in London and Brussels whose work explores the connection between body, mind, and materiality throug...

Fritz Van Loo's "View of Afsnee" is a beautiful example of post-impressionist landscape painting, deeply influenced by the luminism of Emile Claus. The painting captures the serene b...

Abstract acrylic on wood painting in royal blue, called Number 46

Oil on canvas painting of a black dog against a garden fence

Oil on canvas painting of a naked woman in a smokey blue setting by Hans Defer

A structural design with special attention to color and balance. Every painting is signed and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and is wrapped carefully for shipment around th...

Oil on canvas portrait painting of Diana Spencer as a child (Lady Di, ex of King Charles of England).

Painting La Discrète by Frédérique Tristant. Mixed media on canvas. France 2024. Frédérique Tristant is a French artist born in Vannes in 1971, who lives and works in Brittany in ...

Painting Pour un soir by Frédérique Tristant. Mixed media on canvas. France 2024. Frédérique Tristant is a French artist born in Vannes in 1971, who lives and works in Brittany in...

Oil on canvas painting of a honey bee. The work is called 'Creature of Importance'.

This painting is part of a series of paintings Girardet made of washerwomen by the river. Upon their presentation they had a considerable success, which endures till now. In 2008 another painting of this series was sold at Christie's . Karl Girardet was born in 1813 in Le Locle, which at the time was part of France but is now part of Switzerland. Girardet lived and worked most of his life in Paris. After beginning his career as a painter of landscapes, he became a well-known history painter. As a confidant of the French king Louis Philippe I...