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 - OEUVRE

(c)Jef Verheyen, photo: Jef Verheyen Archive
• 0056 • Vibration, 1959
Private
Painting , 80 x 65 cm
Mixed media (silver paint, nylon, oil paint) on canvas
References
  • Jef Verheyen, Le peintre flamant / Dirk Pörschmann & Tijs Visser. - Brussels : ASA Publishers, 2010. - 256 p. : ill. ; 23 x 23 cm

  • Zero und Paris 1960. Und heute/Zéro et Paris 1960. Et aujourd'hui / Renate Damsch-Wiehager; Pierre Restany; Heinz Mack; Werner Spies; Thomas Wagner; Jürgen Stöhr; Martin Engler. - Esslingen/Nice/Ostfildern : Galerie der Stadt Esslingen-Villa Merkel/Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain/Cantz, 1997. - 263 p. : ill. ; 30 cm x 30 cm