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Zephir Busine

Zéphir Busine

Artist from Mons, European Capital of Culture in 2015 
Gerpinnes 1916 - Mons 1976
Zéphir Busine was, together with a.o. Roger Dudant, one of the founders of the “Hainaut 5” group of artists. At the start of his career in the 1950’s, he found his inspiration in the human figure, in still lifes, in the industrial sites of his native region of Hainaut, in landscapes and even seascapes, ships and ports. He created harmonious compositions in an almost cubist manner and in rich and powerful colours awakening the eye to the picture’s architecture of horizontal and vertical lines. After this geometric period, the artist focused on works on paper. His gouaches and wash drawings reveal a more gestual and spontaneous style whereby the brush obeys the hand of the master projecting all sorts of characters and arabesques on the paper in a rainbow of colours. In his later abstract works, he managed to develop a personal gouache-like technique by diluting oil in such a way that it is hard to realize that the outcome is a painting on canvas.
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STILL LIFE WITH LEMONS 1953 | Oil on canvas | H 65 x 80 cm
PORPHYRY FACTORY 1957 Oil on canvas Exhibited New Jersey 1958
TERRIL 1957 | Oil on canvas | H 97 x 162 cm
Craibel 1957 Chalk Quarry in Cuesmes, Belgium Oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm
Gateways 1959 Oil on canvas 114 x 162 cm
GLASS FACTORY 1960 | Oil on canvas | H 100 x 120 cm
Glass sheet factory 1961 Oil on panel 100 x 65 cm
Frame ( Glass sheet factory ) 1961 Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm
Construction 1961 60 x 80 cm
SPACE 1962 | Oil on canvas | H 146 x 89 cm
Glow 1966 | Oil on canvas | H 65 x 100 cm
TITANITE 1971 | Oil on canvas | H 162 x 195 cm | Exhibited at Mons | Fine Arts Museum 1999
TUMULT 1972 | Gouache on Arches | H 38 x 57 cm
INVOCATION 1973 | Ink on paper | H 44 x 34 cm
Friendship 1975 Oil on canvas 75 x 100 cm

Biography

Busine Zéphir

 
Busine was undoubtedly one of the best walloon artists of his generation. Taking into account that his hometown Mons is European Capital of Culture in 2015, Group 2 Gallery considered it important to organize an individual exhibition on this outstanding artist and to attract once again the eye of art lovers to his works.

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