Bram Bogart (12 July 1921, Delft – 2 May 2012, Sint-Truiden) was a Belgian expressionist[1] painter most closely associated with the COBRA group.[2]
Bram Bogart | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1921 Delft, the Netherlands |
| Died | 2 May 2012 (aged 90) Sint-Truiden, Belgium |
| Occupation | Belgian painter |
| Movement | Expressionism, Excessivism |
Early life and education
editAbraham van den Boogaart was born in Delft, the Netherlands, the son of Abraham van den Boogaart, a blacksmith. He attended a technical school, and trained for a career as a decorator, while taking a correspondence class in drawing.[3]
Career
editFollowing his education Bogart took a job with an advertising concern in Rotterdam. Subsequent to World War Two the then twenty-five-year-old painter settled in Paris, France, where he was among the founders of Art Informel. At first he experimented with cubism and figurative drawing, depicting flowers, still life and self-portraits. In the 1950s he began to concentrate on working with impasto. With thick layers of boldly applied and colourful paint, he developed an expressionist style which became more abstract with time.[4]
In 1961 he and his later to be wife Leni permanently relocated to Belgium and in 1969 he became a Belgian citizen. Here he began to experiment with a more three-dimensional medium, a mix of mortar, siccative, powdered chalk, varnish, and raw pigment, applied to large, heavy wooden backing structures.[5][6]
Bogart exhibited frequently in Antwerp and Ghent. In 1971 he represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale.[7]
In 2011 the Bogart presented an exhibition in celebration of his 90th birthday, a display of his Monochrome paintings, held at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery in London. A retrospective of his work was also exhibited at Galerie Jean-Luc and Takako Richard in Paris. Bogart died on 2 May 2012 in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, at the age of 90.
References
edit- ^ "Bram Bogart". MutualArt.
- ^ "Bram Bogart obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Bram Bogart - Biography - Whitford Fine Art". whitfordfineart.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ^ "More Now than Then: When Art Reaches Back", Hyperallergenic by Thomas Micchelli on 16 August 2014
- ^ "Why is the New New Taboo?". Moffett's Artletter
- ^ Delta: A Review of Arts, Life and Thought in the Netherlands. Delta International Publication Foundation. 1973.
- ^ "Bernard Jacobson Gallery". jacobsongallery.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
External links
edit- "Bram Bogart: A Master of Matter | Long awaited homage to the Dutch-Belgian master of post-war Matter Painting" (PDF). Cobra Museum voor moderne kunst. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-20.