Jef Verheyen

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The Belgian ZERO artist Jef Verheyen (1932-1984) became known as the painter of light streams and colour spectra. He experimented not only with light, but also with movement and the invisible as means to evoke natural mechanisms and to reveal universal interrelationships between human beings and the surrounding world. He used geometric principles – his passion for geometry was born out of his interest in mathematics and (Greek) philosophy – as the basis for harmony. Verheyen never gave up on traditional media and materials such as the canvas, paint, and brushes to search for the essence of our nature. 

Jef Verheyen

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©Photo: Christine Clinckx / M HKA
• 0207 • Venice by Night, 1965-1966
Painting , 210 x 120 each, 210 x 620 cm paravent
Paint on silk/mousseline (2) and canvas (3), 5 parts, folding screen
References

  • Retrospectieve Jef Verheyen, 1932-1984 / Willy Van den Bussche & Léonore Verheyen. - Oostende/Brugge : Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst/Stichting Kunstboek, 1994. - 158 p. : ill. ; 30 x 24.5 cm

  • Zero Internationaal Antwerpen - Retrospectieve tentoonstelling / Gilberte Gepts. - Antwerpen : Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 1979. -  : ill. ; 20,9 cm x 20,9 cm

  • Belgische Kunst 1960-1970 / Andreas Becker & Toni Feldenkirchen. - Köln : Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1970. -  : ill. ; 29 cm x 18 cm

  • Karel J. Geirlandt & Francis De Lulle, 9e biennale de São Paulo: participation belge, exh. cat., 9th Bienal de São Paulo, 1967. 

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