Roger Hebbelinck - Kleurenlitho Vieux pont a Bruges - Sold

Roger Hebbelinck (Brussels, 1912 - 1987) is a Belgian artist. Hebbelinck worked as a painter, watercolorist, etcher and film maker. He was best known for his etchings. He was a student of A. Bastien, J. Delville, G. Van Strydonck, A. Stevens, I. Van Mens, J. Van Santen and P. Mathieu with whom he studied at the Academy of Brussels. At the Academy of Brussels he was taught watercolor painting by I. van Mens and engraving by J. van Santen. He etched a large number of picturesque corners in historic cities. He provided the etchings for the book Les Villages Illusoires by E. Verhaeren. As a filmmaker, he made, among other things, the documentary La Naissance d'une Eau-forte, which won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and a documentary about the construction of the Atomium. As a visual artist, he set up an etching studio before the war in 1932 and etched many picturesque cityscapes in Belgium. He also etched and watercolored in the Netherlands (Bergen op Zoom) and the south of France and Spain. Also special are his color etchings that he made after works by his colleagues V. de Saedeleer and A. Saverys. He signed this with the pseudonym "Belin".