Louis-Marie LONDOT ‘Abstraction I’ watercolour on paper, 2005

Painter, aluchromist, assemblage artist, stained-glass window designer. Trained at the Namur Academy. After the Second World War, he made study trips to Germany, France, and Italy. Created aluchromic works and stained-glass windows for around a hundred churches and buildings, in collaboration with architects Roger Bastin and Thierry Lanotte. Co-founder of the "Axe 59," "Axe 66," and "Rez-de-chaussée 28" groups. Initially opted for a post-impressionist style and regularly visited Yvonne Perin's studio. He then created both figurative and abstract works and briefly moved closer to pop art. From 1975 onward, he found a significant source of inspiration in the human body, and in the 1980s, his works appeared more narrative. He created all kinds of characters in a very synthetic style. Was a drawing teacher at the Bellevue College in Dinant and at the Sainte-Marie Teacher Training College in Brussels. Works at the Museum of Walloon Art in Liège. Mentioned in BAS I and in "Two Centuries of Signatures of Belgian Artists". Bibl: Paul PIRON