Henri Victor Wolvens - Les Moines - 1973 - Sold

HENRY-VICTOR WOLVENS
The monks


LITHOGRAPH
Hand-signed in pencil and numbered by the artist.
Arches Veil Paper
Solid passe-partout in harmony with the work and the black lacquered wooden frame.
Work is behind glass.

Ideally, be picked up.
Can also be packed with extreme care and shipped with track and trace.


BIO
Wolvens Henri Victor was a Belgian artist born in 1896 in Brussels and died in 1977 in Bruges. His artist name was a pseudonym for Wolvenspergens, Henri Victor. He was a painter, printmaker, and draftsman. He trained at the Academy in Saint-Josse-ten-Node under H. Ottevaere, studied sculpture for two years at the Academy in Saint-Gilles, and worked in the Labor studio in Ixelles and Uccle in 1921-1922. His first solo exhibition was at the G. Giroux gallery in Brussels in 1925. He traveled to Prague in 1929-1931 and worked in France, in the Ardennes (Houffalize), and on the Belgian coast. After his marriage in 1930, he settled permanently in Bruges. An expressionist and animist, he always found his inspiration in his immediate surroundings. The main concern in his works always remained light. He distinguished himself from other animists, such as A. Van Dyck, W. Van Overstraeten, and A. Dasnoy, by his dynamic technique and a predominantly visual experience of reality. Initially, he painted rather pessimistic-looking slums of the big city, small train stations, figures on the fringes of society, and interiors, but he became captivated by light and became pre-eminently the painter of seascapes, the harbor, the beach, and walkers on the promenade. However, he also painted (children's) portraits, figures, landscapes, and still lifes. He worked in generous and thick layers and brushstrokes, powerfully and colorfully, with particular attention to atmosphere and the play of light. He was a member of Compagnons de l'Art, Orientations, Jeune Peinture Belge, and Kunst van Heden. His work is held in the museums of Brussels, Antwerp, Ixelles, Ostend, Bruges, and Liège. Mentioned in the Lexicon of West Flemish Artists III, BAS II and Two Centuries of Signatures of Belgian Artists.