Paul Daxhelet (1905-1993)

Zaïrese group 'Groupe zaïrois'

细节
Paul Daxhelet (1905-1993)
Zaïrese group
'Groupe zaïrois'
signed lower right P. Daxhelet
oil on canvas
130 x 130 cm
出版
Exhibition catalogue Paul Daxhelet, Musée d'Art Moderne, Liége, April-May 1982, no. 108; and in the artist's memoirs, edited and presented by Willy Lesur: Paul Daxhelet: itinéraire d'un paintre-reporter, Mardaga, Sprimont, 1997, p. 63.

拍品专文

Painted in 1960.

Daxhelet visited the Belgian Congo five times between 1951 and 1960. Struck by the violence and contrast of the colours in Africa, he revised both his palette and technique, reducing forms to graphic inscriptions.