Gaston BERTRAND (1910–1994) - Lot 165

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Gaston BERTRAND (1910–1994) - Lot 165
Gaston BERTRAND (1910–1994) Geometric composition, ink drawing, signed and dated 1978 in the lower right corner, signed and confirmed on the reverse. 36 x 26 cm. Note: A Belgian painter, draftsman, and printmaker, Gaston Bertrand trained at the École Saint-Luc in Brussels, at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels under Henri Van Haelen and Anto-Carte, and later at the Academy of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. There, he became friends with Anne Bonnet and Louis Van Lint, among others. A recipient of a Prix de Rome scholarship in 1937, he was active in the Art Jeune, La Route libre, and Apport, before becoming, in 1945, one of the founding members of La Jeune Peinture belge, alongside Anne Bonnet, Louis Van Lint, Jo Delahaut, and Marc Mendelson, among others. His work evolved from figurative and intimate painting toward a highly refined style, built around a few essential lines, large areas of color, and a strong architectural rigor, without ever fully shifting into abstraction. The Apollo Gallery dedicated several solo exhibitions to him beginning in the 1940s. A professor at the École Saint-Luc in Brussels starting in 1956, he taught, among others, Luc Mondry, Francis de Bolle, Francis Herth, and Camille De Taeye. In 1987, he was elected a member of the Fine Arts Class of the Royal Academy of Belgium.
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