Belgian Painter. He began his education at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1935 and from 1941 to 1948, he attended the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts. He then became a graphic designer at Janssen Pharmaceutica. He began as a surrealist painter before moving on to lyrical abstraction in the 1950s. In 1958, he founded the Antwerp avant-garde group G-58 Hessenhuis with generational counterparts. He then drew and painted figures with round heads in a spotty world in which the spots eventually take over. In the 1960s, he introduced photorealistic elements in his work, linking up with emerging mass communication by interweaving elements from the world of television, film and illustrated magazines in his works. With that he ventured in the wake of Robert Rauschenberg on the pop art site. He painted a dream world in which beautiful young women are found, often in light undergarments. His figures displayed a kinship with the world of fashion magazines and advertising. He also painted the portrait of Chanel model Patricia van Ryckeghem. In 1974, he painted murals in the "Montgomery" metro station in Brussels. He had a studio for a long time in his birthplace Borgerhout . He stayed since 1972, partly for health reasons, in Gordes in the Provence, France. There is the Musée Pol Mara in the castle of Gordes, where 200 of his works are permanently exhibited. He was very eager to travel and traveled around the world, mostly for exhibitions or prizes. He visited and exhibited on almost all continents. The quality of his work was widely praised and he received numerous awards.
Belgian Painter. He began his education at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1935 and from 1941 to 1948, he attended the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts. He then became a graphic designer at Janssen Pharmaceutica. He began as a surrealist painter before moving on to lyrical abstraction in the 1950s. In 1958, he founded the Antwerp avant-garde group G-58 Hessenhuis with generational counterparts. He then drew and painted figures with round heads in a spotty world in which the spots eventually take over. In the 1960s, he introduced photorealistic elements in his work, linking up with emerging mass communication by interweaving elements from the world of television, film and illustrated magazines in his works. With that he ventured in the wake of Robert Rauschenberg on the pop art site. He painted a dream world in which beautiful young women are found, often in light undergarments. His figures displayed a kinship with the world of fashion magazines and advertising. He also painted the portrait of Chanel model Patricia van Ryckeghem. In 1974, he painted murals in the "Montgomery" metro station in Brussels. He had a studio for a long time in his birthplace Borgerhout . He stayed since 1972, partly for health reasons, in Gordes in the Provence, France. There is the Musée Pol Mara in the castle of Gordes, where 200 of his works are permanently exhibited. He was very eager to travel and traveled around the world, mostly for exhibitions or prizes. He visited and exhibited on almost all continents. The quality of his work was widely praised and he received numerous awards.
Bio by: Glendora
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