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
• 0088 • Lichtbron, 1961
Sammlung Lenz, Schönberg, Austria
Painting , 101 x 82 cm
Oil paint and gold pigment on canvas
References
  • The Zero Era: The Lenz Schönberg Collection, Vol. 1, 2009.

  • The Zero Era: The Lenz Schönberg Collection, Vol. 2, 2009.

  • Bilder und Objekte aus der Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Eine europäische Bewegung, exh. cat., 1985.

  • 'De kunst van de 20ste eeuw', Bussum : Uitgeverij Thoth