Landuyt Octave
Octave Landuyt is a Belgian artist who was born in Ghent in 1922. He is a painter, graphic artist, ceramist, designer of theater sets, jewelery and tapestries and designer. From 1931 training at the Academy in Kortrijk. In 1941 free student of tissue techniques at the Technical School in Kortrijk. In 1954 First Mention on the prize of the Jeune Peinture Belge. Settled back in Ghent in 1956. His interior was adorned with butterflies, shells, insects, corals, masks, animal skeletons, dried snakes. Debuted as a magical realist with paintings in which monstrous people with wide-open eyes are dramatically isolated in the empty space. Initially, it leaned towards a certain surrealism and then evolved towards a design that rather emphasizes the fantasy and tragedy of existence. Smooth painting method and a neat glaze. In the mid-1950s, the human figure was reduced to the head or part of it, which then occupies the entire surface of the canvas. Vermilion and azure colors are replaced by monochrome tonalities around 1962. Around 1960 the period of the "essential plane" begins. Animals, plants and minerals appear as if they were studied under the microscope. In 1967 the Ruimtevaarder was created, which was related to pop art. The human figure or part of it was also central in his sculptures. These works show strong links with ancient Central American cultures. Settled in Heusen-Destelbergen in 1965. Designed, among other things, a tapestry for the Belgian Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Montreal in 1967, monumental ceramic panels for the Metro in Brussels. Was a teacher at the Rijksnormaalschool in Ghent. Work in the Museums in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Ostend, Kortrijk, Verviers, among others. Mentioned in BAS I and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. (Piron)