Roger Nellens " Mechanical abstraction Abstraction mécanique", oil on canvas, Belgian school

Roger Nellens was born in Liège in 1937. He is a completely self-taught painter. Initially a realist, he painted landscapes and seascapes, influenced by Constant Permeke and later by Paul Delvaux. His first exhibition was held in Knokke in 1968, followed by one at the Galerie Veranneman in 1969. It was at this time that he inaugurated the theme of "Imaginary Machines" In 1976, he created a 14-metre-long fresco on canvas for the Gribaumont metro station, which he called the "Tropolitain". He died in Knokke-Heist in 2021. Here is a canvas he painted in 1995, entitled "Anne-Lise II". It features one of his favourite motifs, the cogwheel, an essential part of most machines. The work is in very good condition and its colours are still very bright.