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: ? - Axel Vervoordt
• 0178 • Lichtgenot, 1967
Private
Painting , 118 x 118 cm, 135 x 135 cm with frame
Matt lacquer on canvas
References
  • Kontrasten 47/67 - Schilderkunst in België (België, Antwerpen). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]. - 263 p. : ill. ; 21,5 cm x 21,1 cm

  • Jef Verheyen 'Lux est Lex' / Freddy De Vree. - Wijnegem : Axel Vervoordt, 2004. - 160 p. : ill. ; 35 x 28 cm