Paul Daxhelet - Watutsi-danser in actie
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Original advertising poster (offset lithography) based on a watercolor by Paul Daxhelet that vividly captures an African dancer of the Watutsi tribe in full action. The dance is performed in Kigali (then Belgian Congo). On the reverse, advertisement for the products of the n.v. Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutique (R.I.T.) from Genval in Walloon Brabant. This plate is part of a series of 12, issued by this pharmaceutical company. Beautiful work.
Condition A: Fresh colors: the plates were protected from the sun. The image is entirely intact.
Design: Paul Daxhelet (signed on the plate at the bottom right)
Shipping: in a secure envelope with Bpost track & trace or Bpost International / Registered.
Paul Daxhelet (1905-1993)
Paul Daxhelet was a multi-talented and diverse Belgian painter of landscapes, portraits and genre scenes. Daxhelet first exhibited as an engraver. However, he was also a skilled draftsman and painted in both oils and watercolors.
Paul Daxhelet was a Belgian painter and printmaker. Daxhelet was a pupil of François Maréchal, Jean Ochs and Emile Berchmans at the Academy of Liège. Daxhelet undertook many trips around the world, including to the Belgian Congo (from 1951), India, South America, Polynesia and Senegal.
His picturesque travel paintings, drawings and watercolors are colorful. Daxhelet had a smooth figurative style which distinguished him from ordinary expressionism.
Later, his paintings took on a surrealist quality that was highly regarded. Works by Daxhelet can be seen in the Museums of Brussels and Liège.
Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques (R.I.T.) was founded in Genval, Belgium, as a penicillin factory in 1945 by Dr. Pieter De Somer, who later became the founder of the Rega Institute for Medical Research and rector of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). The company started its vaccine research and production in the 1950s. In 1968 the company was acquired by Smith, Kline & French and since 2000 renamed GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (Source: Wikipedia).
Original advertising poster (offset lithography) based on a watercolor by Paul Daxhelet that vividly captures an African dancer of the Watutsi tribe in full action. The dance is performed in Kigali (then Belgian Congo). On the reverse, advertisement for the products of the n.v. Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutique (R.I.T.) from Genval in Walloon Brabant. This plate is part of a series of 12, issued by this pharmaceutical company. Beautiful work.
Condition A: Fresh colors: the plates were protected from the sun. The image is entirely intact.
Design: Paul Daxhelet (signed on the plate at the bottom right)
Shipping: in a secure envelope with Bpost track & trace or Bpost International / Registered.
Paul Daxhelet (1905-1993)
Paul Daxhelet was a multi-talented and diverse Belgian painter of landscapes, portraits and genre scenes. Daxhelet first exhibited as an engraver. However, he was also a skilled draftsman and painted in both oils and watercolors.
Paul Daxhelet was a Belgian painter and printmaker. Daxhelet was a pupil of François Maréchal, Jean Ochs and Emile Berchmans at the Academy of Liège. Daxhelet undertook many trips around the world, including to the Belgian Congo (from 1951), India, South America, Polynesia and Senegal.
His picturesque travel paintings, drawings and watercolors are colorful. Daxhelet had a smooth figurative style which distinguished him from ordinary expressionism.
Later, his paintings took on a surrealist quality that was highly regarded. Works by Daxhelet can be seen in the Museums of Brussels and Liège.
Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques (R.I.T.) was founded in Genval, Belgium, as a penicillin factory in 1945 by Dr. Pieter De Somer, who later became the founder of the Rega Institute for Medical Research and rector of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). The company started its vaccine research and production in the 1950s. In 1968 the company was acquired by Smith, Kline & French and since 2000 renamed GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (Source: Wikipedia).
Details
Era
1900-2000
Designer/artist
Paul Daxhelet
Poster title
Watutsi-danser in actie
Subject
In, Advertising, Africa, Applied art, Art, Colonial history, Graphic design, Music, Travels
Country of origin
Belgium
Condition
B+ (good - small imperfections)
Height
35 cm
Width
25 cm
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