Guy Vandenbranden (1926-2014) - Compositie IV

Original color screen print from 1982 by Belgian constructivist artist-painter Guy Vandenbranden (Antwerp 1926 - 2014) on beautifully preserved handmade paper. Good condition of both the paper and the artwork! Very colorful and bright.

Colophon sheet (not supplied) is numbered and signed in pencil on 50 copies.

The lithograph was issued in 1982 in the collector’s folder 'Lettre de Cachet', to which Guy Vandenbranden contributed and which refers to a graphic art project / artists’ edition from the post-war avant-garde. It is a bibliophilic edition in which visual artists and poets worked together — a typical phenomenon within the concrete and experimental art of the 1950s–1990s.

This edition arose in the context of Belgian and international geometrical-abstract and concrete art, where artists such as Vandenbranden collaborated with writers (including Wilfried Adams), graphic designers and publishers to bring art beyond the traditional painting. Such projects were often printed in small runs and were intended as collectibles.

Features of the “Lettre de cachet” edition: small numbered runs of portfolios in which screen prints/lithographs were alternated with poems.

For Vandenbranden this matched perfectly with his interest in: geometrical structures, graphic techniques, collaboration between image and language, as well as the concrete art movement.

ATTENTION (!!!): the numbered and signed colophon is NOT included (see last two photos). The purchase concerns only the screen print.

CHARACTERISTICS:
Artist: Guy Vandenbranden
Title: Compositie (1982)

Dimensions of the lithograph:
- Paper size: 32 x 24 cm
- Paper: handmade paper
- Condition of the color print: Perfect condition (see photo)

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 was largely self-taught, although he attended evening art classes. In his early period he experimented with figuration, but from the 1950s he resolutely evolved toward abstraction.

Vandenbranden joined 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 ordering and a strong sense of color and structure. He often worked with pure geometric forms — lines, planes and grids — aiming for dynamic balance and an almost architectural clarity.

In addition to paintings, he also made graphics, reliefs and monumental works for public spaces. His oeuvre shows influences of Constructivism, concrete art and modernism, but 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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