• 0262 • L’Or – Aarde – Permeke (Gold – Earth – Permeke), 1976
Painting, 130 x 130 cm.
© SABAM Belgium, 2024, Jan Liégeois on behalf of Axel Vervoordt Gallery
Collection: Private collection, Belgium.
In paintings such as Zwarte Zomer (Black
Summer) and Permeke, Jef Verheyen paints his
perception of the Flemish atmosphere, which is
rather dark. Later in the 1960s, he travels to Brazil,
Mexico, Tunisia, Spain, Italy and France in search
of light, which is everywhere different.
A northerner in search of southern light: Vincent
van Gogh went on the same quest before him.
In a letter written in Provence in 1889, Van Gogh
writes to his brother about the southern light:
‘Perhaps my journey into the south will bear
fruit, however, because the difference of the
stronger light, the blue sky, teaches one to see,
but especially and only if one looks at it for a long
time. (…) one must first and gradually accustom
one’s eyes to the different light.’
During his travels, Verheyen also writes in
his letters about the enchantment of the light.
‘Everything shimmers here!’ He tries to render
the essence of those impressions on canvas.
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>Installation view of ‘Jef Verheyen. Window on Infinity’ at KMSKA, in collaboration with M HKA and Jef Verheyen Archive, 2024.
Artist
> Jef Verheyen.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
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> Exhibition: Lux est Lex. Axel Vervoordt, Wijnegem (Kanaal), 01 March 2004 - 17 April 2004.
> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen. Window on Infinity. KMSKA, Antwerpen, 23 March 2024 - 18 August 2024.
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> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen Retrospectieve. Paleis voor Schone Kunsten / Paleis des Beau-Arts, Brussels, 14 September 1979 - 28 October 1979.
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> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen. Galerie New Selection, Knokke, 01 May 1976 - 31 May 1976.
> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - OEUVRE.
> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Works from the 1970s.
> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room 09.
Related Items
>Jef Verheyen, Freddy De Vree, Axel Vervoordt, Lux est Lex, 2004.Book, ink on paper, 35 x 28 cm.
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>Jef Verheyen, List of works made in 1976, 1976.Text, ink on paper, A4.