Albert Bockstael

Albert Bockstael (Anderlecht, September 9, 1898Wommelgem, November 18, 1989) was a Belgian artist active as a painter, illustrator, poet, and philosopher.

Bockstael initially created expressionist works. Later on he explored a more magical realistic substyle. Eventually his work transformed into his unique genre named by art critics: "The poetic and mystical realism of Bockstael".

Biography Albert Bockstael was born in 1898 in Anderlecht, a Brussels municipality. He lived several years with his grandfather, Emile Bockstael, a famous Belgian politician who was Alderman and Mayor of Laeken for almost half a century. founded by his friend and poet Georges Linze. The impact of this period can be seen in much of his work.

So after this war, his style developed through surrealism in a more mystical and poetic direction. 1950 The Returned Peace 1953 The Table and the Kingdom of Demons 1952 The Storm 1952 The Garden 1955 Mobilization His Last Snow Cormidor, Jules Gille, illustrations by Albert Bockstael, 1943 Chansons Bohèmes, Jean Boon, illustrations by Albert Bockstael, 1944 Andante Amoroso, Jean Boon, illustrations by Albert Bockstael, 1944 Les Savoyardes, André Sarmate, illustrations by Albert Bockstael, 1952 Au Bout de la Route: Poemes et Prefaces, foreword by R. Moirant; A. Jaumotte, et al. illustrations by A. Bockstael, et al, 1965 L'oiseau inquiet. Poetic manifest / Edmond-Luc Dumoulin; foreword by Edouard Herriot; illustrations by Laurent Larose, Georges Comhaire, Léonide Frechkop, Albert Bockstael et Géo Hertay Les Memoires de Dieulepere, Moirant, foreword by G. Linze, illustrations by A. Bockstael, Editions Malgrétout, Brussel, 1974 A Cheval de l'Amateur au Professionnel, E. De Loménie, cover illustrated by A. Bockstael, Editions Malgrétout, Brussel, 1974

Drawings

1955 City Life, pencil 1965 Silencium, ink on paper 1975 Past Vision of the Future, pencil and Indian ink

Lithographies

1964 Mother and Daughter

Poetry

1968 Poem of the pure and impure world, screen printed and colored by hand

Publications

La Belle Journée, Albert Bockstael; foreword by J.-P. Bonnami, Editions l'Horizon Nouveau, Luik 1942 Ami notre Bonheur, Albert Bockstael, Editions Wastiau-Jeukens, Brussels 1976

Other

1958: Artdirector for the movie Quelqu'un frappe à la porte by Alexandre Szombati.

Selected exhibitions Throughout his life, Bockstael held more than 130 exhibitions at home and abroad. 1974 - Rétrospective Albert Bockstael 1978 - 7 x Antwerp, Museum for Religious Art, Ostend. 1983 - Albert Bockstael - Master of Poetic and Mystical Realism, at Huis Hellemans, Edegem. A book, written by Bockstael himself, has also been published to accompany this exhibition.

Documentary 1961 - Visiting Albert Bockstael, documentary by B.R.T.

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