Walter Leblanc

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Walter Leblanc (born December 26, 1932 in Antwerp , † January 14, 1986 in Silly ) was a Belgian painter, graphic artist and object artist. He is one of the most important representatives of kinetic and optical art .

Life

Leblanc studied from 1949 to 1954 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Antoine Marstboom and in 1955/56 at the Hoger Institut voor Schone Kunsten. After his marriage in 1956, he worked as a commercial artist, but at the same time he also appeared as a freelance artist. From 1977 he taught at the National Hoger Instituut voor Bouwkunst en Stedebouw in his hometown.

Leblanc died in a car accident in 1986.

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From 1951 Leblanc worked with geometric-abstract monochromes. In the 1950s he created rows of sand reliefs based on light. In 1959, torsion became the most important design element. By twisting and twisting paper, cardboard or threads on or in surfaces, three-dimensional structures and sculptures are created. Leblanc often worked in series.

In 1958 he was a founding member of the artist group G58 , in which young Belgian artists came together to protest against the exhibition "50 Years of Modern Art" in the context of the world exhibition, which they had ignored. Together they bought an old warehouse and had exhibitions there. From 1962 he belongs to the Nouvelles Tendances . From 1962 he took part in exhibitions by the ZERO group . From 1964 he integrated his work into architecture, e.g. B. in the auditorium of the University of Antwerp (1978) and the Simonis metro station in Brussels (1986). In 1970 Leblanc was selected to participate in the Venice Biennale . From 1975 the group of works "Archétypes" was created. Here Leblanc arranged basic geometric shapes through systematic superimposing, staggering and sequencing into strictly constructive, rhythmic compositions.

Prices

  • 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962: Prize for Young Belgian Painting
  • 1966: Prix Europe

Exhibitions

literature

  • Walter Leblanc . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 83, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023188-5 , p. 393.
  • Walter Leblanc . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 196 .
  • Anne Adriaens-Pannier: Walter Leblanc, 1932–1986 . (= Cahiers des Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique , Volume 9) Snoeck Ducaju & Zoon, gent 2011, ISBN 978-9461610140
  • Nicole Leblanc, Walter Leblanc, Willy van den Busssche: Walter Leblanc: Catalog Raisonné . Ludion, Brussels 1997, ISBN 9055441120

Web links

  • Website of the Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Walter Leblanc . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 196 .
  2. ↑ Métrostation Simonis ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Art in the Métro, Brussels Transport Authority @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stib-mivb.be
personal data
SURNAME Leblanc, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter, printmaker and object artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1986
Place of death Silly