Maieu Frank

Frank Maieu is a Belgian artist, born in Wilrijk in 1952. He is a painter, draftsman, watercolorist, graphic artist, and ceramist, and the son of Louis Maieu. He received his education in plastic arts teaching at Ghent, under the guidance of O. Landuyt (1971-1973). Between 1971 and 1973, he won four awards at the Prize for Young Belgian Painters. He works in series, exploring the themes of his chosen subjects, resulting in a seemingly inexhaustible and baroque flow of characters, objects, situations, and stories. From the press: "Jeroen Bosch, but also (with a wink) Van Eyck, are names that come to mind when looking at F.M.'s work: a deep sense for the fantastic and symbolic, the surreal, and above all an endlessly unfolding imagination and unusual sense of structure and composition. Intriguing, disquieting yet captivating, and also somewhat ironic" and "He reconciles classical elegance with bold avant-gardism, figuration and idea, discovery and interpretation." As a ceramist, he designs small sculptures, combining clay with other materials such as iron and stone. Works by Frank Maieu can be found in the Middelheim Museum in Antwerp and the museum in Glasgow. He is listed in BAS I, II, and "Two Centuries of Signatures of Belgian Artists" (Piron).