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. 

gegen den Himmel. against the sky

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(c)Jef Verheyen, photo: Jan Liégeois - Jef Verheyen Archive
• 0063 • Zwarte Ruimte - Espace Noir, 1959-1960
Axel and May Vervoordt Foundation
Painting , 130 x 195 cm
oil paint on burlap
References

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

  • 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

  • Collectie H. en K. Liechti Zwitserland (Brugge, België). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]. -  : ill. ; 24,5 cm x 17,5 cm

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

  • Kontrasten 47/67 - Schilderkunst in België (België, Antwerpen). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]. - 263 p. : ill. ; 21,5 cm x 21,1 cm

  • Ad Reinhardt, Francesco Lo Savio, Jef Verheyen, exh. cat., Schloss Morsbroich, Städtisches Museum,
    Leverkusen, Germany (27.01 - 19.03), 1961. 

  • Bilder aus der Sammlung von Hans und Käthi Liechti, exh. cat., 1993.

  • Informele kunst in België en Nederland 1955-1960 (parallellen in de nederlandstalige literatuur) / Henk Peeters. - Brussel/Den Haag : Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Commissariaat-Generaal voor de Internationale Culturele Samenwerking-Le Commissariat Général aux Relations Internationales de la, 1983. - 143 p. : ill. ; 30 x 21 cm

  • Hans Liechti and André Kamber (eds.), Bilder aus der Sammlung von Hans un Käthi Liechti, exh.cat., Kunstmuseum Solothurn (26.06.1993 – 15.08.1993), Solothurn: Kunstmuseum Solothurn, 1993.

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