Karel Maes
Karel Maes (1900–1974) was an avant-garde painter, lithographer, furniture and set designer, and art critic. He was one of the foremost abstract artists in 20th-century Belgium.[1]
Life
[edit]Maes was born in Mol, Belgium, in 1900 and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels, before also training as a teacher at the École Normale Charles Buls. In 1922 he took part in the International Congress of Progressive Artists in Düsseldorf, and sat in the Constructivist International.[2] He was part of the group that founded the avant-garde Brussels art magazine 7 Arts (1922–1928).[3] He was also involved with the Dutch-language review Het Overzicht, sometimes designing its covers,[4] as well as publishing in Der Sturm and De Stijl.[5] He died in Brussels in 1974.
Works
[edit]A number of his works are held by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Belgisch abstract modernisme in de kijker" (PDF). Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks.
- ↑ Louise Fredericq. "Maes, Karel". Dictionnaire des peintres belges – via KIK-IRPA.
- ↑ Sarah Eycken, "Monochrone Harmony: Black-and-White Work on Paper in Belgian Constructivism", in Historic Avant-Garde Work on Paper, edited by Sascha Bru with the assistance of Laura Kollwelter (Routledge, 2024) doi:10.4324/9781003413356-11
- ↑ "Abstract Antwerp: Belgian Avant-Garde, 1917–1925". Merrill C. Berman Collection. 2026.
- ↑ Nell Andrew (2009). "Living Art: Akarova and the Belgian Avant-Garde". Art Journal. 68 (2): 26–49.
- ↑ "Collecties: Maes Karel". Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. 2026.
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