Dewint Roger

Roger Dewint (Brussels 1942 - 2001 Uccle). Graphic artist, draftsman, watercolourist, ceramist. Education in drawing at the Academy in Brussels (1964-1968), monumental painting and printmaking at the Academy in Bosvoorde under the supervision of R. Somville (1966-1973). From the press: 'Through etching and aquatint he gives his vision of a world that is the victim of chaos' and 'The intensely expressionistic characters, heirs of Bosch and Ensor, move in a world full of scratches and streaks, a mirror of the violence on this planet, about which we are constantly informed.' (R.D.) Worked with R. Somville on the murals in the Hankar metro station in Brussels. Became a teacher of drawing and printmaking at the Academy in Brussels in 1977. Works in, among others, the Print Cabinets in Brussels and Liège, in the Museums in Ixelles, Ostend, and Brussels. Mentioned in BAS II and Two Centuries of Signatures of Belgian Artists. (Piron)