Gustaaf Prils - Ets. Abstract werk titel onbekend , - Sold

Gustaf Prils was educated at the Academy in Ghent by Gaston Pauwels and then worked in the studios of Achille Lammens and Camille D'Havé. Prils worked both figuratively and abstractly. His themes are the beauty of the female body, city views and landscapes, still lifes, but also the abstract play of lines and color areas. His works are well-constructed, concise compositions, with a sense of structure and balance of the composition, good page filling and correct color compositions. His works are sometimes cubist and sometimes expressionist, in essence he is detached from any theory. Between 1940 and 1945 he was a member of the Faungroep, a group of young people, mainly students, who met regularly on the initiative of Paul Rogghé to discuss art, culture and literature. Later he worked at the Rosa Roos Graphics Gallery in Ghent. After 1960 he devoted himself to filmmaking and from 1979 he gave drawing and painting lessons to adults. Gustaf Prils, together with the painters Roger De Cuyper, Richard Foncke, Jaques Vermeulen, Marcel Ysewijn, Hugo De Clercq, Amedee Cortier, Gaston Homblé, Pierre Van Fleteren and Pierre Vlerick, was part of the Ghent artists' group around the literary and artistic magazine Hetantenke (1954-1959).