REINHOUD
​Belgian sculptor associated with the Cobra group

Reinhoud (Geraardsbergen, Belgium 1928 - Paris 2007)

"Stop the run", a monumental bronze sculptor depicting hasty passengers at an underground station in Brussels

"Figure 1", maillechort (copper, nickel, zinc alloy) Sold

"Figure 2", maillechort argenté (copper, nickel, zinc alloy) Sold

"Figure 3", maillechort argenté. Sold

"Figure 4", maillechort argenté. Sold

"Figure 4"

Reinhoud D'Haese was born in Geraardsbergen, Belgium in 1928. He studied with Olivier Strebelle at the Ecole Nationale Supérieur de la Cambre in Brussels, on the insistence of his brother Roel D'Haese, who was seven years his senior. Through Olivier Strebelle he got in touch with Pierre Alechinsky, another belgian artist and member of the Cobra movement. This artistic group had such an influence on him that he decided to join it. His unusual sculptures are polymorphic or metamorphic beings: vegetable animals, animal-like plants, anthropoid flora, insects with tall, spindly legs,… Since 1961 human figures have completed this bestiary with a whole spectrum of grotesque attitudes. These strange beings are arranged in groups and perform human activities. The artist works with brass and red copper, lead, with a preference for copper and tin, since these materials are easier to shape and enable him to complete his fantastic creations more quickly.

 

^ top