Henri De Cocker (1908-1978) - Vrouwelijk naakt

Beautiful Fauvist painting by the renowned Belgian artist Henri De Cocker (1908-1978). This is a work from his Fauvist period.
Oil on hardboard.
Very good condition.
Framed.
Signed.
Dimensions
with frame 64 x 57 cm
without frame 55 x 48 cm
On the back of the work is also his prayer card, including a photo of the artist on the prayer card.

Henri De Cocker (Vurste, September 15, 1908 – Ghent, November 2, 1978) was a Flemish painter.
In 1934 he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent. He then took lessons at the National Higher Institute for Fine Arts in Antwerp.
In 1942 he held his first exhibition in Pan Hall in Ghent. Until 1948 he painted in an expressionist style. Staying in Paris in 1948 and later brought a turning point to a lighter period that lasted until 1952. A journey through Spain in 1953 resulted in a series of works with surreal and sometimes poetic overtones. Thereafter followed an abstract period: cubism, collages, Madonnas and blotchy compositions, tachisme — here too he evolved from dark to lighter. In 1960 he won the Art Critics Prize with his exhibition of abstract works in the gallery “Le Zodiaque” in Brussels. From 1963 he drew inspiration again from rural life and once again became the expressionist of the landscape. From 1970 Fauvist work followed.

In 1978 he died when he was struck by a truck while cycling.