Marc Mendelson
Marc Mendelson (born November 6, 1915 in London , England - † December 8, 2013 ) was a Belgian painter , printmaker and sculptor .
Marc Mendelson was an important representative of modern art and abstract painting in Belgium after the Second World War with international recognition. He was known for his paintings and watercolors, as well as for his small sculptures .
Marc Mendelson was born in London on November 6, 1915. His parents were English and moved with him to Antwerp in 1922 . He studied 1933–1939 at the “Institut Supérieur” in Antwerp with Gustave van de Woestijne (1881–1947) and Isidoor Opsomer (1878–1967).
After an early work which is characterized by fantastic realism , Mendelson turned to geometric abstraction . After 1948 he only created abstract art. His watercolors , which were created on the Costa Brava in Spain , are best known . After 1962 he became increasingly active as a sculptor.
Mendelson had his first solo exhibition in Antwerp in 1942.
His art was considered degenerate in occupied Belgium . He was briefly imprisoned in Brussels in 1943 for an exhibition.
From 1944 to 1948 Mendelson took part in exhibitions by the artist group "Apport". In 1945 Mendelson was one of the co-founders of the association " La Jeune Peinture Belge " (or: " Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst ") together with the artists Jan Cox , Louis Van Lint , Anne Bonnet , Gaston Bertrand , James Ensor and others . He designed the logo of this association.
In 1952 he co-founded the group "Espace". The well-known wall paintings in the casino in Ostend were created in 1952 . From 1951 to 1980 Marc Mendelson held a professorship for graphics at the “La Cambre” University in Brussels.
In 1959 he took part in the documenta II in Kassel . In 1965 Mendelson was appointed a member of the "Académie Royale de Belgique". In 1974 the wall design Happy Metro was created at the Parc à Bruxelles metro station in Brussels.
In 1996 a major retrospective of his art took place in the Musée du Botanique à Bruxelles. His works are represented in collections in museums in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent , Elsene , Stockholm , New York City ( Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ), and Pittsburgh ( Carnegie ).
Marc Mendelson lived and worked in Brussels since 1944.
Web links
- Examples of his work (1)
- Examples of his work (2)
- Materials by and about Marc Mendelson in the documenta archive
- Entry in inmemoriam.be
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mendelson, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter, printmaker and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 2013 |