Post-War European & British Art: Dialogues in Abstraction The Post-War artistic output in Europe reflected both a reassessment of identity and the need for dealing with the trauma left by the war; the numerous movements which appeared in the continent – including Cobra, Lyrical Abstraction, Zero Group, Tachisme – had at their root some form of reaction to previous artistic practices. In Britain, while the response to the aftermath of the war was largely one of introspection, for a group of artists the continental avant-garde still managed to inform and provided a fertile ground for artistic exchange between Britain and Europe. The present selection of works reflects this fruitful period and the dialogue between European artists and their British counterparts. All works are for sale
ARTHUR AESCHBACHER (Swiss, b.1923) Composition
1958
Collage and gouache 37 x 49.5 cm Signed lower right
BERNARD AUBERTIN (French, 1934-2015) Tableau Clous
1970
Acrylic and nails on panel 20 x 20 cm Signed and dated verso
BERNARD AUBERTIN (French, 1934-2015) Tableau Clous
1970
Acrylic and nails on panel 30 x 30 cm Signed and dated verso
BRAM BOGART (Belgian, 1921-2012) Catalyse
1955
Mixed media on canvas 90 x 54 cm Signed lower right Signed, dated and titled verso Certificate of Authenticity by Bram Bogart Jr, no. 34
BRAM BOGART (Belgian, 1921-2012) Signes sur Blanc / Witte Tekens Mixed media on canvas 50 x 60 cm Signed and dated lower right Signed, dated and titled verso
1952
MARTIN BRADLEY (British, b. 1931) White Flower
1958
Oil on textured canvas 54 x 72 cm Signed and dated lower right
GEOFFREY CLARKE (British, b. 1924) Study for Sculpture 1951 Etching 91 x 55.4 cm Signed lower right Dated '6/51' and numbered 30/30 lower left EXHIBITED
1956, The Redfern Gallery, London, cat. no. 422.
WILLIAM GEAR (British, 1915-1997) White Feature on Red
1957
Oil on board 73 x 60 cm EXHIBITED LITERATURE
2015, William Gear: A Centenary Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London. LAMBIRTH, Andrew, Willam Gear, Samson & Company, 2015, fig. 156, p. 143, ill.; William Gear: A Centenary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue with introduction by Andrew LAMBIRTH, Redfern Gallery, London, 2015, ill. p. 61.
WILLIAM GEAR (British, 1915-1997) Black Form
1956
Oil on canvas 71 x 101.5 cm Signed and dated lower right Signed, dated 'Nov 56', titled and inscribed verso EXHIBITED
1957, Premio Lissone, Italy.
NATALIA DUMITRESCO (Romanian, 1915-1997) Composition
c.1958
Oil on canvas 16 x 22 cm Signed lower right Signed and inscribed verso
ERNST KLINGER (German, 1900-1962) Strollers
c.1957
Oil on canvas 73 x 90 cm Signed lower right LITERATURE
Zum Kunstler allg. siehe: Wolfgang Augustyn. Ernst Klinger 1900 - 1962, Munchen, 1997.
SCHLOMO KOREN (Israeli - Dutch, b.1932) Composition
c.1960
Mixed media on hessian 90 x 110 cm Signed lower right
JOSEPH LACASSE (Belgian, 1894-1975) Collage
1956
Collage 65 x 50 cm Signed and dated lower centre Signed, dated and fingerprinted verso Lacasse Estate Inventory Dia no. 1552 EXHIBITED
2013, Joseph Lacasse, Whitford Fine Art, London.
LITERATURE
Joseph Lacasse, exhibition catalogue with introduction by Willy VAN DEN BUSSCHE and An Jo FERMON, Whitford Fine Art, London, 2013, cat. no. 37, ill.
JOSEPH LACASSE (Belgian, 1894-1975) Collage
1956
Collage 50 x 65 cm Signed and dated lower centre Lacasse Estate Inventory Dia no. 1551 EXHIBITED
2013, Joseph Lacasse, Whitford Fine Art, London.
LITERATURE
Joseph Lacasse, exhibition catalogue with introduction by Willy VAN DEN BUSSCHE and An Jo FERMON, Whitford Fine Art, London, 2013, cat. no. 36, ill.
JOSEPH LACASSE (Belgian, 1894-1975) Composition
1958
Oil on styrofoam 38 x 47 cm Signed and dated centre right Lacasse Estate Inventory Dia no. 4001
HEINZ MACK (German, b. 1931) Untitled
c.1970
Silkscreen on metallic paper 67.5 x 67.5 cm Image size 56.5 x 56.5 cm Signed lower left Ed 4/100
JOHN MILNES-SMITH (British, 1912-1998) Red Composition
1953
Ink and watercolour 33 x 35 cm Signed with initials and dated upper left Signed lower right
JOHN MILNES-SMITH (British, 1912-1998) Yellow Composition
1954
Ink and watercolour 49 x 38 cm Signed with initials and dated lower right Signed and dated lower left
SERGE REZVANI (Iranian/French, b.1928) Abstract Composition
1957
Pen and black ink on paper 74.5 x 107.8 cm Signed and dated lower right
MARIO ROSSELLO (Italian, 1927-2000) Abstract Composition
1957
Oil on canvas 65 x 41.3 cm Signed and dated lower left
VERA SPENCER (British, b.1926) Untitled (black) Collage 50.2 x 61.5 cm Signed upper left
1952
VERA SPENCER (British, b.1926) Untitled (white)
1953
Collage 54 x 76 cm Signed and dated lower right
PAUL VAN HOEYDONCK (Belgian, b. 1925) PVH023 - Composition
1957
Gouache and pencil 24 x 32 cm Signed and dated lower right EXHIBITED LITERATURE
1990, Paul Van Hoeydonck: Paintings and Collages 1955-1959, Whitford Fine Art, London. Paul Van Hoeydonck: The Fifties. Paintings and Collages 1955-1959, Whitford Fine Art, 1990, exhibition catalogue with introduction by Willy VAN DEN BUSSCHE, ill. cat. no.20; Jan CEULEERS, Paul Van Hoeydonck, FeliXart Museum, Brussels, Belgium, 2011, cat. no.327, ill. p.284.
PAUL VAN HOEYDONCK (Belgian, b. 1925) PVH057 - Octandre Varese
1957
Pencil 32.5 x 24.5 cm Signed and dated lower right LITERATURE
Jan CEULEERS, Paul Van Hoeydonck, FeliXart Museum, Brussels, Belgium, 2011, cat. no.342, ill. p.285.
GUY VANDENBRANDEN (Belgian, 1926-2014) Abstract Composition Gouache 46 x 35.5 cm Signed verso
c.1973
GUY VANDENBRANDEN (Belgian, 1926-2014) Abstract Composition
1973
Gouache 53 x 43 cm Signed and dated lower right
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