Guy Vandenbranden (1926 - 2014) - Compositie

Original color screen print from 1970 by Belgian constructivist artist/painter Guy Vandenbranden (Antwerp 1926 - 2014) on beautifully preserved hand-made paper. Good condition of the artwork (but a 1 cm wide yellowed strip around the image (around the black screen print) (see photos for condition)! Very colorful and bright.

Screen print/lithograph is dated, numbered and signed in pencil on 50 copies.

For Vandenbranden this work fit perfectly with his interests in: geometric structures, graphic techniques, the collaboration between image and language, as well as the concrete art movement.

CHARACTERISTICS:
Artist: Guy Vandenbranden
Title: Compositie (1970)

Dimensions of the lithograph:
- Paper size: 60 x 43 cm
- Paper: handmade paper
- Condition of the color print: Perfect condition (see photo)
- Condition of the paper: 1 cm wide yellowed strip around the image (around the black screen print) (see photos for condition, e.g. near the signature)

EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT GUY VANDENBRANDEN:
Guy Vandenbranden (1926–2014) was a Belgian painter and graphic artist who is regarded as an important representative of geometric abstraction and post-war concrete art in Belgium. He was born in Brussels and largely self-taught, though he attended evening classes in drawing and painting. In his early period he experimented with figuration, but from the 1950s he decisively evolved toward abstraction.

Vandenbranden aligned himself with the international avant-garde and became a member of several progressive artists’ groups, including the Belgian movement G58. His work is characterized by tight compositions, rhythmic order, and a strong sense of color and structure. He often worked with pure geometric forms — lines, planes, and grids — pursuing a dynamic balance and an almost architectural clarity.

In addition to paintings, he also produced graphics, reliefs, and monumental works for public spaces. His oeuvre shows influences of constructivism, concrete art, and modernism, yet always retains a personal, poetic sensitivity.

Guy Vandenbranden exhibited internationally and his work is included in numerous museum and private collections. He is regarded as a key figure in the development of abstract art in Belgium after World War II, and his legacy remains of great significance for European geometric abstraction.

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