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Item: Zonder titel
1958
Painting, 100 x 81 cm.
Materials: oilpaint/jute
Collection: Private Collection, Belgium.
In 1956, after several years of experimenting with ceramics, Jef Verheyen again returns to painting. His new abstract work has a sculptural character, being executed in translucent hues that point toward the subtle differences in tone of his later monochrome work. The effect is akin to the desired rough structure of his final ceramic object, white and unglazed, closer to the origin of the material. There is no evocation of landscape or architecture, rather comparable to a moment in a philosophic quest. Then, and later, Verheyen was extremely fascinated by the pre-Socratic philosophers.
