- Ward Lernout
Ward Lernout (born 3 May, 1931, in Geluwe, West Flanders, Belgium) is a Flemish painter, living in
Tervuren (Belgium ).Biography
Lernout received his artistic training at the "Stedelijke Academie" in
Menen , where the artistsF. Wallecan andE. Van Overberghe also trained. Has been living in Tervuren since 1964, after a long stay in Africa. Although he was employed in the marketing and press business until 1990, he has presented annually inart galleries since 1970.Bibliography
* Art book "Ward Lernout" (1996), edited by Roularta Art Books Brussels.
* Monography "Ward Lernout" (1976), edited by Artiestenfonds Antwerp.(This book contains a full list of all the press articles published before 1996.)Criticism
Some comments by art critics :
"The traditional Flemish medium has not disappeared but is respected and cohabits with the new techniques of the fast approaching 21st century. This would all be nothing if there were not, behind each work of art, a man happy with what he is doing, an artist for whom colour is a source of life and life a generator exploding with colour, one more dense and warm than the next." Anita NARDON, A.I.C.A. - 1996
"Clearly, Ward Lernout's talent has reached full maturity. He has no need to resort to attractive effects or play on fashion trends. He has developed a style which conveys to the observer the 'joie de peindre' so evident in this type of art. Lernout is an artist richly inspired by man and nature, which enables him to express his love for rural life in sensual and fascinating pictorial interpretations." Remi De Cnodder, A.I.C.A. - 1991
Exhibitions
1979 - 2005
* P.A.C. Vaalbeek
* Faculty Club Leuven
* Galerie Tragt and AWW Antwerp
* Alumni and Galarie Zinzen Brussels
* Gulpen (Holland)
* Africa Museum Tervuren
* Werl (Germany)
* Centre d'Art du Paradou (Les Baux, France)
* Casa de Cultura (Pozuelo, Madrid)
* Le Roc d'Art (Charleroi)
* Galeries Beukenhof (Kluisbergen)
* Art Gallery Charlotte van Lorreinen Tervuren
* CC Heist-op-den-Berg
* Bremberg Centrum Bierbeek.1959 - 1978
* Mbandaka (Congo)
* Wezembeek-Oppem
* Brussels
* Diest
* Mechelen
* etc...With Mon Camelbeke
With his brother-in-law, the artist Mon Camelbeke:
* Kortrijk
* Waregem
* Sint-Niklaas
* BRT BrusselsAwards and selections:
* 2001 - Selected for the exhibition "Under the Sign of the Plain and the Sky", organized by "Artists' Colonies in Europe" in the "Germanisches Nationalmuseum" of Nuremberg.
* 1999 - Incorporated in the portfolio "Lithographies of 10 modern Flemish artists" (Flemish Art, Brussels).External links
* [http://www.wardlernout.be Recent works]
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