Marcel Cockx (1930-2007) - Onbekend

Leven: Born in Herent on December 11, 1930 and died in Leuven on November 6, 2007.
Style: Earlier work showed influences of dark Expressionism; later he evolved into a clear and forceful Color Expressionism (Neo-Expressionism).
Themes: He painted landscapes, still lifes, flowers, figures, interiors and scenes of rural life (such as Noeste arbeid on the farm or works in the yard).
Media: In addition to oil paintings on canvas, he also made pastels, drawings and watercolors. His work regularly appears at art galleries and auction houses.
Marcel Cockx was a Belgian artist born in Herent in 1930 and died in Leuven in 2007. He was a painter. Training at the Academy of Leuven under J. Cobbaert and W. Paerels (1944-1955). He painted among other things landscapes, interiors, figures, flowers, but also drew inspiration from rural life, the farm, the circus, clowns, and the world of the child. Evolved from a dark Expressionism (influenced by Permeke) to a clear and strong Color Expressionism. From the press: “M.C. is best typified as a color expressionist. His color palette is honest and pure. The somewhat hazy atmosphere that cloaks his themes subtly symbolizes the dream world of the child” and “The melancholic closedness of his characters, their quiet acceptance, their serene acceptance of fate, being the pictorial expression of the artist’s moral substrate. Also the calm handling of his landscapes with their ripple-free content, as well as the sobriety of the props, point in the same direction. His spontaneous zest for life, his bursting joy, his optimistic view of things find their translation in the exuberance of the applied color scheme” (S. Van Gelder, 1974).
Prize of the city of Leuven in 1966, of the city of Aarschot and the municipality of Kortenberg in 1967. Works in the museums in Leuven and Mechelen, in the collection of the Belgian State and the Province of Brabant. Was a teacher at the Academy of Leuven (1956-1985). Mentioned in Bas I, II and Two Centuries of Signatures of Belgian Artists (PIRON).