Raoul De Keyser
Raoul De Keyser (29 August 1930 - 6 October 2012) was a Belgian painter, who lived and worked in Deinze, Belgium.[1]
Work
De Keyser created abstract paintings and works on paper. He was represented by Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin and David Zwirner, New York.
Exhibitions
De Keyser has been the subject of solo exhibitions in Bern and Frankfurt (1991), and regular exhibitions in Antwerp, Berlin, Munich, New York, Vienna and elsewhere.
In 2011, he had a solo exhibition at the De Loketten, Flemish Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium, and in 2009, a retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany. In 2004, a retrospective of Raoul De Keyser's paintings was held at the Whitechapel Gallery in London,[2][3] and toured to Museé de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France; De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands; Fundacao Serralves, Porto, Portugal; and the Kunstverein St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland in summer 2005. At the end of 2006, there was a large overview of his work at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium. Other solo exhibitions include the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2008); Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium (2007); Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2002); Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent; The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (both 2001); and The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (2000).
He has been included in major international group exhibitions, such as Documenta IX (1992),[4] Der Zerbrochene Spiegel. Positionen zur Malerei (Vienna and Hamburg, 1993) and Unbound. Possibilities in Painting (Hayward Gallery, London, 1994.
Public Collections
De Keyser's work is held in public collections worldwide, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York [5]; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent; among others.
References
- ^ "Raoul De Keyser overleden : De sfinx van Deinze zwijgt voorgoed - Belga Algemeen". Knack.be. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ whitechapel.org
- ^ Barry Schwabsky, Raoul De Keyser: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, ArtForum, Summer 2004.
- ^ renaissancesociety.org
- ^ moma.org
External links
- Raoul De Keyser at David Zwirner
- Raoul De Keyser: Replay solo exhibition Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, August 2009
- Selected Press on Raoul De Keyser
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