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Rare museum-quality oil painting by Silvin BRONKART from 1953
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Product description
This large abstract work on cardboard, dated 1953, is a particularly accomplished testament to Silvin Bronkart's artistic maturity. Its ambitious size, rigorous construction, and the presence of annotations on the reverse establish it as a leading piece in the artist's early 1950s output.
Artist Information
Artist: Silvin Bronkart (1915–1967) – Belgium
Title: Untitled
Date: 1953
Technique: Oil on cardboard
Dimensions: 63 × 48 cm
Signature: Artist's monogram lower right
Reverse: Various handwritten annotations and pencil marks
Framing: Sold unframed
Provenance: Artist's daughter
Description
Dated 1953, this work powerfully illustrates Silvin Bronkart's period of full artistic development. The composition unfolds around a dynamic interplay of angular lines, geometric planes, and taut curves, organized in a rhythmic verticality that structures the pictorial space.
The deliberately limited palette favors warm, muted tones—ochres, beiges, and browns—enhanced by intensely graphic black lines. This chromatic economy enhances the legibility of the composition and lends the whole an almost architectural presence. The work demonstrates a rigorous abstraction, drawing on Cubist and Constructivist references, yet animated by a gestural freedom that avoids any rigidity.
The cardboard support, chosen for its materiality and durability, accentuates the experimental and direct nature of the artist's approach at this time.
Condition of preservation: The work is in very good original condition.
The painted surface is stable and homogeneous, with no visible lifting or restoration. The colors retain all their depth and legibility. The annotations and pencil lines on the verso are original and contribute fully to the authenticity and documentary value of the work.
Provenance
Direct provenance from the artist's daughter.
This family provenance guarantees continuous traceability and impeccable authenticity.
Gallery Commentary
With its generous size and early date, this 1953 oil on cardboard occupies a unique place in Silvin Bronkart's oeuvre. Works of this scale, executed in oil on rigid support during this period, remain rare on the market.
The work clearly reveals the artist's mastery of spatial organization, the tension of lines, and the balance between structure and sensitivity. This work is an emblematic example of Belgian modernist abstraction from the early 1950s and is suitable for both discerning collectors and institutions attentive to the formative works of an artist's career.
Artist Biography
Silvin Bronkart (1915–1967) was one of the leading figures of post-war Belgian abstraction. Trained at the Liège Academy of Fine Arts, he developed a personal style from the 1940s onward, based on a subtle synthesis of geometry, rhythm, and expressiveness.
His works on paper and cardboard—in pencil, pastel, or oil—occupy a central place in his artistic exploration, revealing a constant focus on the construction of space and the emotional value of form. Active within Belgian modernist circles, he participated in numerous group exhibitions and left behind a deliberately rare body of work, now rediscovered and documented in his online catalogue raisonné.
This abstract composition from 1953 stands out as a reference work, both for its format, its quality of execution and its provenance, offering a particularly accomplished look at the plastic universe of Silvin Bronkart at the heart of his abstract period.
Specifications
ConditionVery goodColorsBeige, BlackMaterialPaperNumber of items1Height63 cmWidth48 cmDepth1 cmSigns of usageStains
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Batalha, PortugalOn Whoppah since July 2024 • 58 sales