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Grafiek en schilderijen van Edmond Van Dooren

Van Dooren Edmond

Edmond Van Dooren was a Belgian artist born in Antwerp in 1896 and died there in 1965. He was a painter, draftsman and graphic artist. He took lessons in 1908 at the Academy in Berchem, in 1911 at the Academy in Antwerp, where he met J. Peeters. Debuted with luminist landscapes and a few portraits, leaned towards symbolism between 1915 and 1917 and greatly admired Wagner. In 1918 co-founder of the Kring Moderne Kunst. Influenced by German Expressionism in 1929. Delivered abstract work in 1920 and 1921 and exhibited in 1922 with the circles of modern art and ça ira. From then on he returned to figuration with visionary scenes, landscapes with disturbing skies in which primordial forces erupt, futuristic buildings and cityscapes, nearly sculpted heads and figures. Was influenced by cubism. In his works, an image of his time, of the machine, the mechanics and the industrialization, was depicted in supple geometrically structured compositions. Finally, from 1948 on, he opted back for abstraction. From the press: “E.V.D. propels up astonishing tower buildings with architectural skill and unleashes the gears of steam and electricity with his ingenuity of engineering. In his work there is not only the color and the line, there is also the noise and the thunder of the world” and “Having sung about the splendor and power of the machinism, E.V.D. also to behold a series of character heads of tough workers with tired faces and jaded arms, who calmly resign or grin dissatisfied in their great misery.” (1932) Still exhibited with Modern Art in Antwerp in 1932. Work in the Museums in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Ostend. Mentioned in BAS I and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. Source: Paul Piron, The Belgian visual artists from the 19th to the 21st century.