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Odette Collon magnificent large abstract painting from 1996
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This work by Odette Collon, *L'ange et le dormeur* (1996), is an oil and sand painting on wood (70x70 cm) where the material reveals a unique tactile depth. Abstract forms in dark and rosy hues suggest the presence of an angel watching over a sleeper, between mystery and serenity.
Odette Godefroid-Collon ( Ixelles , November 11, 1926 - Brussels , 2013) was a Belgian painter. Her works contain expressionist, post-cubist and fauvist characteristics. She was active publicly and artistically from 1946 to 1948 and from 1960 to 2013.
Godefroid-Collon was born Odette Collon on November 11, 1926 in Ixelles. Her parents were Gaston Collon, a lawyer by profession, and Yvonne Mutsche. Her father being a great art lover, Collon was encouraged to draw from an early age. From 1942 to 1944, she took drawing classes with Ferdinand Schirren. After his death in 1944, she studied with Henri Reamaeker (Ramah) until 1947. In 1946, he introduced her to René Lust, the instigator of the Jeune Peinture Belge movement. The movement was made up of thirteen abstract artists. They were partly responsible for the renaissance of abstract visual language in Belgium. She was admitted to the company on November 5 of that year. Collon's style was strongly influenced by her teachers. For example, she is said to have inherited her Fauvist style and use of bright colors from Schirren, as well as her post-Cubic arrangement of Reamaeker.
On December 10, 1960, the relative silence in Collon's career came to an end with a solo exhibition at Galerie Ptah in Brussels. This was the start of a new exhibition of her new work. She did so in both solo and group exhibitions. Her work received a great deal of attention during this period. In 1963, she won the Prix du Jeune Peintre Belge. In 1964, the Belgian State purchased two of her paintings for exhibition at the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. From 1964 to 1966, she worked with Marcel Hastir . He was a figurative painter and set designer. She also studied fine art at the Académie d'Ixelles from 1971 to 1974. She was trained here by the painter Geo Mommaerts . By this time, Colon was no longer devoting herself exclusively to painting. She also worked on textile transformation and designed costumes and theater sets. Moreover, her style had changed considerably since the previous exhibition of her work with the Jeune Peinture Belge. His works were now more personal and introverted. What's more, they were not figurative. She also used pastel instead of oil paint. The colors she used were more sober. She no longer painted figures either, but concentrated exclusively on nature and nature's eternity. She was not influenced by postmodernism or the avant-garde movements of her time.
Between 1958 and 1965, she designed ballet costumes for the dance recitals of Jane Périphanos and Emilio Altés-Saffont . She also created numerous portraits.
Colon remained active publicly and artistically well into old age. She continued to exhibit regularly in Brussels, Antwerp, Knokke, Leuven and Ghent. She died in Brussels in 2013.
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ConditionGoodColorsBlack, PinkMaterialOther, WoodNumber of items1OrientationSquareArt sizeMediumHeight70 cmWidth70 cmDepth4 cmSigns of usageStains, Chipped, Scratches
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Batalha, PortugalOn Whoppah since July 2024 • 55 sales