Group 2 Gallery showcases a rare selection of Surrealist works by pioneering artists in Belgian and European modern art. From Victor Servranckx, Armand Permantier, Marc. Eemans, Max Servais to Suzanne Van Damme, Bruno Capacci and Heerbrant, these artists reveal a powerful, often overlooked voice within the Surrealist movement. Their works probe the unconscious, blending imagination with profound symbolism.
MARC. EEMANS
Dendermonde 1907 - Brussels 1998
Surrealist painter, poet and art critic
Dendermonde 1907 - Brussels 1998
Surrealist painter, poet and art critic
1927, Oil on canvas, 95 x 120 cm
Signed and dated below left.
Provenance : collection Victor Servranckx.
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Signed and dated below left.
Provenance : collection Victor Servranckx.
Available for sale
"L'appétit du silence" 1928, Oil on canvas, 97 x 130 cm
Signed and dated upper left
Provenance : collection Victor Servranckx.
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Signed and dated upper left
Provenance : collection Victor Servranckx.
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ARMAND PERMANTIER
Solitary painter appreciated by Magritte, Broodthaers, Colinet, Lecomte, Scutenaire & Dotremont
Brussels 1895-1960
Solitary painter appreciated by Magritte, Broodthaers, Colinet, Lecomte, Scutenaire & Dotremont
Brussels 1895-1960
Armand Permantier in his house rue Keyenveld, Brussels
Portrait of artist Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976), 1940's, Oil on canvas
Invitation card of the Permantier exhibition at Group 2 Gallery, 2010
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Invitation card of the Permantier exhibition at Group 2 Gallery, 2010
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"Metaphysical Still life with bottles" 1940's, oil on canvas, 42 x 54 cm
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VICTOR SERVRANCKX
Major avant-garde & surrealist artist
Brussels 1897 - 1965
Major avant-garde & surrealist artist
Brussels 1897 - 1965
"Cosmic vision" 1927, pencil on paper, 21,6 x 29,5 cm, collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
"Composition 1927", gouache, 55,5 x 39,5 cm
Exhibited at the Ixelles museum (Brussels), 1965
Exhibited at the Ixelles museum (Brussels), 1965
"Opus 20 1931 - Life starts mysteriously" , Oil on canvas 70 x 58 cm
Exhibitions : "Les artistes musicalistes" in Budapest, Prague, Bratislava, Brno, The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, 1936, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, 1947, the Corcoran Gallery of Art Museum, Washington D.C., 1963, Denver Art Museum 1964, San Francisco Museum of Art 1964, St-Louis City Art Museum 1964, Ixelles Museum 1965, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, 1989.
In 1931 Servranckx exhibited together with Kandinsky, Baumeister & Schwitters at Galerie "Das Neue Frankfürt".
Exhibitions : "Les artistes musicalistes" in Budapest, Prague, Bratislava, Brno, The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, 1936, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, 1947, the Corcoran Gallery of Art Museum, Washington D.C., 1963, Denver Art Museum 1964, San Francisco Museum of Art 1964, St-Louis City Art Museum 1964, Ixelles Museum 1965, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, 1989.
In 1931 Servranckx exhibited together with Kandinsky, Baumeister & Schwitters at Galerie "Das Neue Frankfürt".
"The passionate tree" 1945, Oil on cardboard, 35 x 33 cm
"Opus 5" 1947, oil on canvas, 75 x 60 cm
Exhibited at the Ixelles museum, 1965
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Exhibited at the Ixelles museum, 1965
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MAX SERVAIS
Brussels 1904 - 1990
Brussels 1904 - 1990
"La Sulamite" 1972, gouache & collage, 34 x 27 cm
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"Untitled" 1978, collage, 39 x 29 cm
"Phantasme - Fantasy" 1981, collage, 29 x 38 cm
"Le jour de l'an de disgrâce 70 de notre ère à Pompeï" 1983, collage, 39,5 x 29 cm
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MARC MENDELSON
London 1915 - Brussels 2013
Founding member of the "Jeune Peinture Belge" (1945-48)
London 1915 - Brussels 2013
Founding member of the "Jeune Peinture Belge" (1945-48)
"Metaphysical Still life with shells and jug" 1943, oil on canvas, 70 x 88 cm, monogram "M" top right
Exhibited in Buenos Aires (inscribed at the back) in 1947
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Exhibited in Buenos Aires (inscribed at the back) in 1947
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SUZANNE VAN DAMME
Ghent 1901- Brussels 1986
Participated at the Surrealist Exhibition organized by Breton & Marcel Duchamp at Galerie Maeght, Paris 1947
Ghent 1901- Brussels 1986
Participated at the Surrealist Exhibition organized by Breton & Marcel Duchamp at Galerie Maeght, Paris 1947
Suzanne Van Damme, Paris 1950's
"Balance - Equilibre" 1946, oil on panel, 134 x 122 cm.
Exhibited at the Fine Arts museum of Antwerp & Arnhem, 1999,
Sold at Sotheby's New York in 2015, exhibition "Cherchez la femme" with a.o. Frida Kahlo & Leonora Carrington
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Exhibited at the Fine Arts museum of Antwerp & Arnhem, 1999,
Sold at Sotheby's New York in 2015, exhibition "Cherchez la femme" with a.o. Frida Kahlo & Leonora Carrington
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"Female whim - Caprice féminin" 1947, oil on panel, 54 x 44,5 cm
"The mask of refusal" 1952, oil on canvas, 50 x 67 cm
A tribute to the carnival in Venice, the city where her husband, painter, ceramist and poet Bruno Capacci was born
Exhibited at Sotheby's New York "Cherchez la femme", 2015 and at the Museum of Charleroi in 2024-25.
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A tribute to the carnival in Venice, the city where her husband, painter, ceramist and poet Bruno Capacci was born
Exhibited at Sotheby's New York "Cherchez la femme", 2015 and at the Museum of Charleroi in 2024-25.
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BRUNO CAPACCI
Italian painter, ceramist & surrealist poet
Participated at the Surrealist Exhibition organized by Breton & Marcel Duchamp at Galerie Maeght, Paris 1947
Venice 1906 - Brussels 1996
"L'attente - Waiting" 1932, oil on panel, 57 x 60 cm
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"Les liens - The links" 1933, oil on panel, 72 x 96 cm
Illustrated in "30 tableaux de Capacci" by P. Colinet, M. & G. Picqueray & M. Lecomte, Ed. La Boétie, 1946
Illustrated in "30 tableaux de Capacci" by P. Colinet, M. & G. Picqueray & M. Lecomte, Ed. La Boétie, 1946
"La genèse des formes - The genesis of forms" 1946, exhibited at Galerie Maeght, Paris 1947.
Collection of the Israël museum, Jerusalem
Collection of the Israël museum, Jerusalem
"Le dragon de l'impraticable" 1946, oil on panel, 54 x 47 cm
Illustrated in "30 tableaux de Capacci" by P. Colinet, M. & G. Picqueray & M. Lecomte, Ed. La Boétie, 1946
Illustrated in "30 tableaux de Capacci" by P. Colinet, M. & G. Picqueray & M. Lecomte, Ed. La Boétie, 1946
"Evening statues (Statue Serali)", 1962, oil on panel, 71 x 97 cm
"Le silence était présent au mariage des statues du soir" Bruno Capacci
"Le silence était présent au mariage des statues du soir" Bruno Capacci
"Le cirque - Circus" 1970, oil on panel, 65 x 58 cm
"L'impraticabilité de marcher à l'envers impose le retournement du globe" Bruno Capacci
"L'impraticabilité de marcher à l'envers impose le retournement du globe" Bruno Capacci
"The lesson - la leçon (Lezione)" 1970, oil on panel, 80 x 100 cm
"Des groupes de mains se reposent, couvertes par des draps de roches" Bruno Capacci
"Des groupes de mains se reposent, couvertes par des draps de roches" Bruno Capacci
"La maison - The house" 1972, oil on panel, 67 x 48 cm
"Dans une maison remplie de corsets rouges, les anciens coqs fêtent l'utilité des hommes" Bruno Capacci
"Dans une maison remplie de corsets rouges, les anciens coqs fêtent l'utilité des hommes" Bruno Capacci
"Friendship" 1972, Oil & collage on panel, 66 x 57 cm
"La fragilité mouvante désireuse de suggestions ouvre les fenêtres nocturnes de la solitude" Bruno Capacci
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"La fragilité mouvante désireuse de suggestions ouvre les fenêtres nocturnes de la solitude" Bruno Capacci
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HEERBRANT
The wizard of art
Brussels 1912-1982
"The danse of Shiva" 1942, ink drawing, 26 x 21 cm
"Imaginary figures" 1948, pencil & ink drawing, 29 x 18,5 cm
"Polycephalic figure" 1948, ink drawing, 26,5 x 20,5 cm
"Circus" 1948, ink drawing, 26 x 21,5 cm
"Ornithology" 1947, mixed media, 36 x 26,5 cm
"Minotaurus" 1949, lead & grease pencils, 27 x 21 cm
"Surrealist figure" 1949, lead & grease pencils, 27 x 21 cm
"Surrealist figures" 1949, lead & grease pencils, 36,5 x 27 cm
"Hieratic figures" 1949, lead & grease pencils, 36 x 49 cm
"Composition" 1951, mixed media on paper, 25 x 35 cm
"Heerbrant's City" 1951, monotype, ecoline & wax, 20,5 x 22 cm
"Circus" 1951, monotype, mixed media & wax on cardboard, 50 x 41 cm
"Vision onirique - dreamlike vision" 1957, ink drawing, 24 x 35 cm
"Vision onirique - dreamlike vision" 1962, ink drawing, 23 x 34 cm
"Twelve surrealist drawings" 1959, colour ink on paper, 26 x 44 cm
"Nine surrealist drawings" 1959, colour ink on paper, 24 x 26 cm
"Bestiarium" 1959, Monotype, 21,5 x 27,5 cm
"Fertility" 1968, Monotype & ecoline, 36 x 28 cm
"Hybrid figure" 1969, pencil drawing, 35 x 23,5 cm
"Two models" 1972, ink & colour pencils, 27,5 x 21,5 cm
"Hybrid figure" ca 1972, monotype, 27,5 x 21,5 cm
"Oriental dream. Blue hand and hybrid figure" 1973, monotype & collage, 28 x 22 cm
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Bernard Ghobert
His universe is a static world where absolute silence reigns
Brussels 1914 - 1975
His universe is a static world where absolute silence reigns
Brussels 1914 - 1975
"The deserted alley" 1962, coloured pencils on paper, 40 x 50 cm
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The Magic World of Surrealism at Group 2 Gallery
Group 2 Gallery is proud to present an evocative collection of Surrealist works by major Belgian and European modernists. Featuring Victor Servranckx, Armand Permantier, Marc Eemans, Max Servais, Heerbrant, Bruno Capacci and Suzanne Van Damme, this selection draws from the richly imaginative and psychologically charged core of 20th-century Surrealism. These artists explore interior mythologies, dreamlike juxtapositions, and metaphysical symbolism—offering collectors and connoisseurs rare access to one of modern art’s most enigmatic movements.
Belgian Surrealism: Between Metaphysics and the Unconscious
Belgium holds a unique place in the origins and development of Surrealism. While the movement was born in Paris, Belgian artists infused it with their own intellectual rigor and poetic sensibility, often pushing beyond the boundaries of visual convention. Victor Servranckx, a major figure of the avant-garde, brought an architectural precision and cosmic vision to Surrealist form. Armand Permantier—admired by Broodthaers and Dotremont—contributed introspective still lifes and portraiture imbued with quiet metaphysical tension.
Equally compelling are the fantastical and experimental works of Max Servais, whose collages reflect a vibrant visual language, and Marc Eemans, painter, poet and art critic, whose canvases are steeped in lyrical surrealism and magical realism. Bruno Capacci’s dreamlike scenes, often accompanied by poetic texts, bridge the realms of narrative and mystery. Heerbrant, dubbed "the wizard of art," conjures hybrid beings and surreal figures that blur the lines between species, identity and time. In Suzanne Van Damme's bold compositions, we discover one of the few women directly involved in the "International Surrealist Exhibition" curated by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp at Galerie Maeght in 1947, offering a powerful, personal vision grounded in emotional abstraction and symbolic nuance.
Equally compelling are the fantastical and experimental works of Max Servais, whose collages reflect a vibrant visual language, and Marc Eemans, painter, poet and art critic, whose canvases are steeped in lyrical surrealism and magical realism. Bruno Capacci’s dreamlike scenes, often accompanied by poetic texts, bridge the realms of narrative and mystery. Heerbrant, dubbed "the wizard of art," conjures hybrid beings and surreal figures that blur the lines between species, identity and time. In Suzanne Van Damme's bold compositions, we discover one of the few women directly involved in the "International Surrealist Exhibition" curated by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp at Galerie Maeght in 1947, offering a powerful, personal vision grounded in emotional abstraction and symbolic nuance.
A Curated Legacy for Surrealist Collectors
The Surrealist works presented by Group 2 Gallery are not only important historical artifacts—they are portals into the subconscious, symbolic and spiritual worlds that defined a generation of European artists. Each work is carefully selected for its originality, provenance and place within the Surrealist canon. Whether it’s the stark clarity of Servranckx’s compositions, the poetic density of Capacci’s imagery, or the dreamlike ink drawings of Heerbrant, the collection offers deep insight into the cultural and psychological landscape of the mid-20th century. We invite collectors and art lovers to discover these works in person or by appointment—each piece is an invitation to enter the enduring imagination of Surrealism.
