Louis Van Lint (Brussels 1909 - 1986)
Founding member of "La Jeune Peinture Belge" (1945-48)

"Kamiros" 1972,  Oil on canvas
Inspired by an archeological site in Rhodos, Greece
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"Daily Meanders" 1975, Oil on canvas
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Philippe Robert-Jones, former chief curator of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, with Louis Van Lint at Galerie Armorial

"White Variations" 1971-72, Oil on canvas
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"Equatorial Summer" 1965, Oil on canvas
Exhibition "40 years of belgian art", Rio de Janeiro, 1965
Still available, please contact the Gallery for more information

"Earth and Water" 1961-63, Oil on canvas
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"Lyrical Abstraction" 1968, Gouache
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"Abstract composition" 1954, Gouache

 ​"Offering"  1950  Watercolour
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  Van Lint working at a mural painting in 1957 

"​Abstract landscape" 1947, Watercolour

Louis Van Lint ​(Brussels 1909-1986) studied at the Academy of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode until 1939. His early work reflects a traditional figurative painting style with a unique sense of color. In 1940 he founded the group "La Route Libre" with Gaston Bertrand and Anne Bonnet. His art was influenced to some degree by the animist movement, but he eventually broke away with the presentation of his painting, The Flayed Body (L'Ecorche, 1943), a shocking expression of his quest for artistic freedom that consequently sounded a revolt against animism. As his style matured, he switched to abstraction in which he excelled as a colorist. After World War II he co-founded the well-known group of "La Jeune Peinture Belge". Van Lint experimented with geometric abstraction in the 1950's. In the 1960' his work was inspired by all elements of nature and by the end of that decade he started to paint very recognizable lyrical abstract compositions. Van Lint participated in the demonstrations and exhibitions of the COBRA group. In 1958 he received an award by the Solomon Guggenheim Foundation and in 1960 he became a member of the Belgian Royal Academy. In the 1960's, he was one of the artists who introduced ​Hergé to abstract painting and who gave him with private lessons. 
Group 2 Gallery has been promoting for many years Van Lint's oeuvre and has got several important paintings, gouaches and drawings in its permanent collection. Feel free to contact us by mail group 2@skynet.be or by phone 02 539.23.09. More information about the artist can also be found on the Louis Van Lint website.

 

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