#seuphor

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Michel Seuphor (Belgian, 1901-1999)

Giordano Bruno "of the cause, principle and one", 1970

Pen drawing in Indian ink on yellow Canson paper, 52 x 74 cm

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Seuphor

“Born in Antwerp, Fernand Berckelaers adopted the pseudonym 'Seuphor', an anagram for Orpheus, in 1917. During his long career as a writer, poet, art critic and artist, Seuphor made an important contribution to art history. From 1922 onwards Seuphor moved at the heart of the European avant-garde in Berlin, Rome, Amsterdam and Paris and frequented the pioneers of Cubism, Dada, Futurism, Constructivism and Neo-Plasticism including Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Albert Gleizes, Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Herwarth Walden, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Gino Severini and Joaquin Torrès-Garcia. As a critic and writer, Seuphor left an important bibliography, including: l'Art abstrait, ses origines et ses maîtres (1948), Piet Mondrian, Life and Work (1956) and La peinture abstraite en Flandre (1963). As an artist Seuphor is credited with the invention of the so-called 'dessin à lacunes', drawings or collages in which abstract forms are created by the empty spaces between the lines. “ (https://www.whitfordfineart.com/artists/110-michel-seuphor/works/3456/)   

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Arguably the most important french arts magazine was Cimaise. First published in November 1952 . this “Revue”, published by the galerie Arnaud/ Jean Robert Arnaud stayed a major force in and was of great influence on the french art scene in the 50’s and 60’s. The magazine was published from 1952-2000 and from 2002-2009. Specially in the early years the magazine was published in a way, that now these volumes are considered the best and are searched after because of the special ( printed) covers . www.ftn-books.com is lucky to have some of the very first volumes from this impressive magazine . There are volumes from 1952,1953 and 1954 available.

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    Cimaise..revue d’art (mensuel) from 1952 Arguably the most important french arts magazine was Cimaise. First published in November 1952 . this "Revue", published by the galerie Arnaud/ Jean Robert Arnaud stayed a major force in and was of great influence on the french art scene in the 50's and 60's.

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Michel Seuphor (Belgian, 1901-1999)

Transfiguration of the juggler, 1967

Felt and collage, 66 x 50cm

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Michel Seuphor (Belgian, 1901-1999)

In the Land of the Blonde Night, 1971

Chinese ink pen drawing and collage on colored paper, 73 x 51 cm

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Michel Seuphor…wrote a monumental biography on Piet Mondriaan and is one of the great names in constructivist art by himself. In the twenties he became friends with Joaquin Torres Garcia. For me their works are worlds apart from each other but somehow they became friends and started the artist mouvement CERCLE ET CARRE.

the Netherland was not too far away for Seuphor …the result he had his exhibitions at galleries and museum in the Netherlands. Specially DEN HAAG was a well now city for him. He spent much time at the Gemeentemuseum to study Mondrian for his biography on this famous dutch abstract painter and ….he had an exhibition of his own at the Gemeentemuseum, soon followed with a gallery exhibition at the Nouvelles Images gallery ( closed now) . Both catalogues and a print by Seuphor are available at www.ftn-books.com

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Michel Seuphor (1901-1999) Michel Seuphor...wrote a monumental biography on Piet Mondriaan and is one of the great names in constructivist art by himself.

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Michel Seuphor (Belgian, 1901-1999)

Tellus, 1977

Ink and collage on paper, 49,5 x 53,5 cm

[citazione]

Tinha que existir uma pintura totalmente livre da dependência da figura — o objeto — que, como a música, não ilustra coisa alguma, não conta uma história e não lança um mito. Tal pintura contenta-se em evocar os reinos incomunicáveis do espírito, onde o sonho se torna pensamento, onde o traço se torna existência.

Michel Seuphor