Hardcover, 488 pages, Texte en Francais , Tres belle exemplaire,30 x 34, 488 pp., 571 illustrations (dont planches pleine page) en couleurs et en N/B, 90 miniatures + autres photos en N/B, ISBN 9782870120033. somville grandit dans la pauvret apr s la mort pr coce de son p re. Pour cette raison et sous l'influence de son oncle lithographe, il adh re au Parti communiste belge. La guerre civile espagnole et la Seconde Guerre mondiale ont marqu sa vie. Il tudie l'Acad mie royale des beaux-arts de Bruxelles de 1940 1942 et l' cole nationale sup rieure d'architecture et des arts d coratifs de Charles Counhaye de 1942 1945[5], sous l'influence duquel il d veloppe un style monumental expressif. Il est directeur de l'Acad mie des Beaux-Arts de Watermael-Boitsfort de 1958 1986. En 1951, il rejoint La Jeune Peinture Belge. La m me ann e, il fonde le "C ramique de Dour" avec son pouse Simone Tits. Il est l'un des chefs de file du n or alisme et r dige les manifestes de 1958 et de 1966. Apr s les journ es de mai 1968, il fonde le "Mouvement r aliste" en 1969. Ses peintures murales les plus connues sont "Notre temps" (1974-76) dans la station de m tro bruxelloise Hankar[6], et l'Universit catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve, (avec le "Collectif d'art public" qu'il a fond ) une ?uvre de 410m sur le th me "Qu'est-ce qu'un intellectuel ? 4300 g. Seller Inventory # 60956

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Title: Roger Somville

Publisher: Atelier Vokaer 1988

Binding: Hardcover

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