Henri HEERBRANT (1912-1982) - Fleur

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Henri HEERBRANT (1912-1982)

Heerbrant ( Brussels 1912 - 1982 ) was a self-made man, figurative and abstract at the same time, which was rather upsetting the art critics, since they were unable to “classify” his work. Heerbrant appears to be indebted to Paul Klee and was familiar with the work of Victor Brauner, whom he met in Paris. However, he followed his own path as an artist and created a world of his own.​ Daumier’s work incited him to turn his fellow-men, colleagues and politicians into ridicule by caricaturing their vices, German expressionists George Grosz and Otto Dix made him transform real portrait-studies by adding clownesque elements and change compositions by inclining and breaking the space into fragments, creating hereby a dynamic impression.
Heerbrant was very interested in ancient cultures, rituals, supernatural forces and ancestral cults. Egyptian, Greek and Roman mythology, Precolumbian and Maya art, Persian miniatures and African tribal sculpture were all sources of inspiration for his fantastic creatures and strange bestiary. Heerbrant was a communist at heart and lived up to his principles and ideals without accepting any compromise. Moreover, his cynical sense of humor turned him into a lonely man with few friends and plenty of enemies. Nevertheless, famous belgian collectors such as Bénédict Goldschmidt, Baron Bertie Urvater, Philippe Dotremont and Fernand Graindorge found the way to his atelier and discovered a great artist and a genuine alchimist, experimenting continuously with home-made colours, acids and varnishes, using all kinds of techniques and tools…They saw watercolours, gouaches and oils on paper, charcoal- and ink drawings, monotypes, lithographs, woodcuts and linoprints, shining copperplates and black carved slates, drypoints, aquatints, collages and totems. Henceforth, Heerbrant’s works traveled around the world in the company of great artists such as Paul Klee, Victor Brauner, Max Ernst etc.. He was invited several times to exhibit at the Biennials in Venice, Ljubljana, Sao Paulo and the US ( Pittsburgh, Dallas, New York, Cincinnati in 1965 ) and his works were commented by famous poets and even by the great Magritte himself, who compared him to Klee. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh have a fine collection of the artist's works.
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Dimensions: sans cadre : 25 cm x 18 cm
avec cadre 41 cm x 33 cm

Elle est signée est datée de 51 pour 1951 en bas à droite
et présentée sous verre

. Au dos du cadre présence d'une biographie de l'artiste

Résultats d'adjudication de Henri HEERBRANT en Dessin-Aquarelle :


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Hommage à René Magritte (1965)
Collage
31 x 25 cm
Estimation: 450 € - 500 €
Prix au marteau: 650 €
12/05/2012
LHOMME
+ d'infos (lot n° 218)
chrysalide
Chrysalide (1957)
Encre
33 x 25,5 cm
Estimation: 500 € - 700 €
Prix au marteau: 600 €
19/11/2017
Cornette de Saint-Cyr Bruxelles
+ d'infos (lot n° 255)
poupee articulee
Poupée articulée (1961)
Collage
32,5 x 24,5 cm
Estimation: 600 € - 800 €
Prix au marteau: 550 €
15/12/2015
Cornette de Saint-Cyr Bruxelles
+ d'infos (lot n° 369)
lamda
Lamda (1957)
Technique mixte, dessin
33 x 19 cm
Estimation: 400 € - 600 €
Prix au marteau: 400 €
18/06/2014
Cornette de Saint-Cyr Bruxelles
+ d'infos (lot n° 296)