Claude Verlinde
Claude Verlinde (born June 24, 1927 in Paris ) is a French painter and printmaker of Flemish descent.
Life
Claude Verlinde began his training very early, at the age of less than 20. First he attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris and later the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . With his perfect old-master technique he is considered one of the masters of visionary and fantastic art . He counts artists like Hieronymus Bosch , Cranach , Francisco Goya and James Ensor among his role models . In 1980 he designed the large-format poster - depicting Pierrot - for the 17th Festival du Marais. In 1994 Verlinde took part in the major exhibition of symbolists and dreamers entitled Du fantastique au Visionnaire in Venice , which was organized by Ernst Fuchs , among others . In 2007 he illustrated the fables of Jean de La Fontaine in a limited edition .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1948: First own exhibition in the Parisian gallery R. Duncan
- 1985: Exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka and Chiba, Japan (with catalog)
- 1992: Exhibition in the Orangery Charlottenburg , Berlin
- 1994: Du Fantastique au Visionnaire , Venice , Citadel
- 1998, 2000 and 2001, 2005, 2008: Galerie Michelle Boulet, Paris
bibliography
- Claude Verlinde: Peintures , Editions Natiris, 1983
- Claude Verlinde: Peintures et dessins , Editions Ramsay, Paris, 1992
- Claude Verlinde: Expositions-rétrospectives , Mairie du 8e arrondissement, 1996, Galerie Michelle Boulet, Paris
literature
- Gerhard Habarta: Lexicon of Fantastic Artists , Vienna, 2013, ISBN 978-3-84826307-3 , p. 480.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verlinde, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |