GEORGES (Géo) DE VLAMYNCK 'Abstract Female Nude G' painting / mixed media, charcoal ink chalk on wet paper

GEORGES (Géo) DE VLAMYNCK 'Abstract Female Nude G' painting / mixed media, charcoal, ink and chalk on wet paper, mid-20th century.

The painter here represents a naked woman's body in a minimalist manner, a few lines are enough to capture the moment, in search of abstraction, not without recalling certain nude drawings by Henri Matisse from the same period...

Perfect condition.

Total dimensions, with frame and fabric mat: 98 cm x 72 cm.

Provenance: Studio of the artist Lola Di Vito, mezzo-soprano singer, painter, and sculptor. She was a student (and most likely muse, depicted in this painting) of Géo De Vlamynck.

Link to the official website of Géo De Vlamynck: https://www.geodevlamynck.com

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Removal: Free.

Delivery to Belgium: €50.

Delivery in France: €100.

Delivery to Europe: €150.

Worldwide delivery: On request.

Biography:
Géo De Vlamynck, born in 1897 in Bruges and died in 1980 in Koekelberg (Brussels), was a painter, fresco artist, stained-glass artist, interior designer and teacher. His pupils included Nicolas de Staël, Maurice Wyckaert and Roger Somville.
In 1909, Georges De Vlamynck attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Bruges, where he was noticed by Flori Van Acker (1858-1940), painter and director of the Academy. During the First World War, he attended drawing classes at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. He received a first prize with distinction in drawing and perspective.
In 1919, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he attended decorative painting and composition classes given by Constant Montald, Herman Richir, and Jean Delville. In 1921, he won first prize for monumental composition for "Repentance after the Fault."
In 1922, he won first prize with the highest distinction for "The Renewal of the Centuries."
In 1923, he traveled to Italy where he studied frescoes and mosaics.
In 1927, he continued his training at the Institute of Architecture and Decorative Arts of La Cambre founded by Henry Van de Velde. He attended the decorative and monumental painting workshops supervised by Gustave Van de Woestijne and the theater course of Herman Teirlinck (Belgian playwright) for whom he created several sets and posters.
In 1929, he obtained the Cambre diploma in Painting with distinction. In 1930, he took part in the Universal Exhibitions of Liège and Antwerp.
In 1933, he created stained glass windows for the religious art pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair and executed a fresco and stained glass windows for the Cordemoy Abbey as well as stained glass windows for the Carmel of Jambes and for the Saint-Symphorien church.
In 1935, he participated in the Brussels World's Fair. There, he created several monumental frescoes for the Art Glass Pavilion with his student Nicolas De Staël, the Agriculture and Gas Pavilions, and for the "Maris Stella" Chapel.
In 1937, he designed stained-glass windows for the Belgian Congo Pavilion in Paris. Alongside his artistic career, he taught monumental composition at the Académie de Saint-Gilles, the Bischoffsheim School (decoration department), and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels.
From 1950 to 1965, he won several competitions for the ornamentation of public buildings and resumed the execution of large monumental decorative ensembles.
In 1953, he created the monumental mosaic (15 m x 2.70 m) “The Naiads” at the Neptunium swimming pool in Schaerbeek.
In 1956, he created the mural for the “Prehistory” section of the Royal Museum of Art and History.
In 1957, he executed a terracotta mosaic at the Royal Athenaeum of Welkenraedt, as well as murals for the Salzinnes swimming pool in Namur which were destroyed in 1921.
In 1962, he created a stained glass window for the Chapel of the Virgin for the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Koekelberg.
Alongside his career as a muralist and teacher, he paints and draws smaller works.

Sources : / https://www.geodevlamynck.com / https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G