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Geer Van Velde
Born in 1898 in Lisse, Netherlands, Geer is Bram Van Velde’s youngest brother. A family of four kids left by their father and quite poor. When he is 12, Geer becomes decorator assistant at Schaijk & Kramers’ ; As he has done for Bram, his boss encourages him to develop his interest for painting. After his military service, he starts a walking tour of the Flanders and paints.;...
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Biography of Geer Van Velde
Born in 1898 in Lisse, Netherlands, Geer is Bram Van Velde’s youngest brother. A family of four kids left by their father and quite poor. When he is 12, Geer becomes decorator assistant at Schaijk & Kramers’ ; As he has done for Bram, his boss encourages him to develop his interest for painting. After his military service, he starts a walking tour of the Flanders and paints.; self-taught, this will turn out to be his only artistic school. In 1925, Geer joins his brother in Paris and decides to dedicate his time exclusively to painting. Their life is miserable. Bram and Geer exhibit three times at the « Salon des Indépendants » (1928-1930). In 1937, Geer Van Velde meets with Samuel Beckett. His exhibit at Guggenheim Jeune (London) is a bitter failure. He leaves Paris to settle down in Cagnes-sur-Mer where he stays until 1944, becoming friend with Pierre Bonnard. Later (1944), the Cachan’s Atelier will be his final home where will come out all of his major works. He is involved in a lot of International Art Shows such as the « Salon de Mai » and the « Salon des Réalités Nouvelles ». In 1946, he exhibits at Aimé Maeght’s but the critics’welcome is half-hearted. In 1948, Geer Van Velde applies to the Paris School. His friendship with Michel Seuphor is rich in thoughts about abstraction. From the fifties and on, the artist’s exhibitions are regular. During the 60s, Geer breaks up chromatic surfaces (like Mondrian but in a softest way) in order to suggest a slow rise towards the infinite. Geer Van Velde, lonesome, silent, a Webern music lover and inspired by Lao-Tseu’s thinking, dies in Cachan in 1977.
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DLM n°51
1952 Issue "Derrière le Miroir". Texts by R. Chastel and F. Elgar, illustrated with 2 lithograph in colors (one in double-page). Published by Maeght Ed,... Cat. Maeght DLM p. 30
DLM n° 11-12
1948 Issue "Derrière le Miroir". Texts by Samuel Beckett and by Jacques Kober, illustrated with 2 original lithographs by Geer Van Velde and with 8... Catalogue "Derrière le Miroir, 1946-1982", p. 14
Composition I
Circa 1972 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Without
Composition II
Circa 1950 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Publisher's dry stamp. Ed. Galerie Maeght, Paris. UnknownCatalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
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To read from or about the artist :
* « L'art hollandais contemporain », Paul Fierens, Paris, Ed. Le Triangle, Paris, 1933* « Le Noir est une couleur », coll. « Derrière le Miroir », n°1, Ed. Pierre à Feu-Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1947
* « L'art abstrait », Michel Seuphor, Vol. III et IV, Maeght Ed., Paris, 1971, 1974
* « Geer van Velde - Peintures et œuvres sur papier », Samuel Beckett et autres, catalogue d'exposition, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1982
* « Un puits nommé plongeon », Jacques Kober, Eugène Guillevic, Ed. Le Pont de l'Epée, 1984
* « Geer van Velde », Germain Viatte, Ed. Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1989
* « Bram et Geer van Velde | Deux peintres, un nom », Rainer Michael Mason et Sylvie Ramond, catalogue d'exposition, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Ed. Hazan, 2010
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The eye don't have all the rights; it must leave the part to the intuition and the intelligence, making itself alternately a boost. Geer Van Velde
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- + NEW REALITIES / 1946-1956 / Etienne Béothy, Marcelle Cahn, etc.
- + SCHOOL OF PARIS / 1945-1960 / Jean Degottex, Georges Mathieu, Nicolas de Staël, etc.
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