Marie LAMBREXHE "Ardenne landscape" painting oil on canvas

Painter. Training at the Boulevard Saucy School in Liège. Takes classes with Joseph Verhaeghe and Loussaint Kenson. Predilection for views of the Liège region, Ardennes landscapes (Fagnes, Hesbaye, Condroz), views of woods, villages and rivers (Meuse, Ourthe, Amblève). Robust, spontaneous, almost instinctive touch. Sometimes works with a knife. Her works are imbued with color, poetry, happiness and tenderness. Around 1965, she lived and worked regularly in the South of France, where she discovered the light, the sea and small fishing ports. In the press: M.L. is passionate about beauty: the splendor and power of attraction of fields, trees, water and its reflections, small villages, forests, the pleasant bustle of big cities. First exhibited at the Galerie Cathédrale in Liège in 1959, then at the Galerie du Marbre in Liège in 1962, 1963 and 1964, at the Salon de la Glycine in Vresse-sur-Semois in 1975. Mentioned in the Annuaire des Beaux-Arts de Wallonie (Robert Scheffer, 1960), and in Artistes et Galeries 1998 and Deux Siècles de Signatures d'Artistes de Belgique.