Aluchromists

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The Aluchromists were an artist group that was founded in 1961 in Brussels in the vicinity of Raf Cleeremans and existed until 1965. It also included German and Italian artists. In 1963 their office was 18, Boulevard Baudoin, Brussels 1. The group defined itself through the use of aluchromy .

history

In 1961 the Belgian artists Raf Cleeremans and Pierre Leloup created their first aluchromes after research and experiments with the support of gallery owner Raoul van Loo. In the same year Carlo Crivellaro, Octave Landuyt , Louis Tournay and Arié Mandelbaum joined them and formed the "Group of Aluchromists". The group's manager was the gallery owner Raoul van Loo. Their first joint project was the work Aluchromie 3, a cube with an edge length of 4 meters, which the group exhibited in December 1961 at place Rogier in Brussels. This was followed by group exhibitions in Brussels, Spa, Antwerp, in the Munich Art Association (1963) and at the III. Paris Biennale (1963). After 1965 the group loses its track. The aluchromists mostly worked non-representationally, but the commonly used aluchromy technique does not constitute any group style. There are aluchromists who work expressively and constructively. The aim of the group was "a general renewal of the contemporary concept of the role of art and the artists in society who are in the process of creating a form of beauty that is suitable for recognizing the future with the means of our time." Van Loo also wrote a manifesto for the group. With the breakup of the group, the use of aluchromy as a technique does not stop. Leopold Bosdorf was able to present his article on aluchromy in the trade journal of the German aluminum industry in 1970 with numerous works by artists with an even wider range of sticks. However, none of the artists listed has become known nationally or internationally.

Members

Members of the group of aluchromists in 1963 were:

  • Walter de Buck (born July 13, 1934 in Gent)
  • Hugo Claus (* 1929, Bruges)
  • Raf Cleeremans (born October 13, 1933 in Halen)
  • Carlo Crivellaro (born April 16, 1937 in Vicenza)
  • Luc Daels (born May 29, 1929 in Gent)
  • Karel Dierickx (born April 19, 1940 in Gent)
  • Roger Dudant (+ March 10, 1929 in Laplaigne)
  • Octave Landuyt
  • Pierre Leloup (born November 15, 1933 in Antwerp)
  • Jules Lismonde (born May 14, 1908 in Brussels)
  • Louis-Marie Londot (born March 11, 1924 in Namur)
  • Erich Lütkenhaus (born August 28, 1924 in Dülmen-Hiddingsel)
  • Arié Mandelbaum (July 7, 1939 in Brussels)
  • Hubert JA Minnebo (February 6, 1940 in Bruges)
  • Guy Peelaert (born April 6, 1934 in Brussels)
  • Maurits van Saene (born October 28, 1919 in Pamel)
  • Louis Tournay
  • Serge Vandercam (* 1924 in Copenhagen)
  • Roger Wittevrongel (born April 23, 1933 in Blankenberge)

The group manager was:

  • Raoul van Loo

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b groupe des Aluchromistes Belges (ed.): Groupe des aluchromistes belges . Brussels 1963.
  2. ↑ Raf Cleeremans: Aluchromie . In: Aluchromistes Belges (Hrsg.): Group des aluchromistes belges . Brussels 1963, p. unpag .
  3. ↑ a b Groupe des Aluchromistes | Art-info.be. Retrieved November 8, 2018 (French).
  4. ↑ Luc Haesaerts: grupe des aluchromistes belges . Ed .: groupe des Aluchromistes Belges. Brussels 1963.
  5. ↑ Leopold Bosdorf: Aluchromie, a new Technique . In: aluminum. Trade journal of the German aluminum industry . 46th year, issue 6 (1970). Aluminum publishing house, Düsseldorf.