Gilbert Swimberghe - Geometric composition -1981 - Sold

GILBERT SWIMBERGHE
Geometric composition

LITHOGRAPH
Hand-signed in pencil and numbered by the artist.
Rare and decorative work
Solid passe-partout in harmony with a wooden frame in beautiful burl wood.
Work is behind glass.

BIO
Gilbert Swimberghe joined the leading Bruges collective of artists and writers 'Raaklijn' in 1957. Since the 1950s, triangles and squares dominated Swimberghe's abstract works, but his use of color has undergone a continuous evolution since then. The warm, suggestive colors of Expressionism gave way to shades of white to achieve a higher degree of abstraction. In the period 1975–1980, he painted primarily in shades of gray . From the 1980s onwards, Swimberghe allowed a certain degree of imperfection in his paintings and replaced the very smooth paint application with a style that left traces of the painting process in texture and paint. Later, his color palette evolved from gray to gray-blue to deep blue.
Work by Swimberghe is present in numerous Belgian museums or public institutions, and in museums in the United States (New York), Germany (Leverkusen, Kaiserslautern), Italy (Milan), Canada (Victoria), Israel (Dimona), and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).