Paul Daxhelet - Watutsi-danser in actie

Originele reclame-affiche (offsetlithografie) op basis van een aquarel van Paul Daxhelet die een Afrikaanse danser van de Watutsi-stam in volle actie treffend in beeld brengt. De dans wordt opgevoerd in Kigali (toenmalig Belgisch Congo). Op de keerzijde reclame voor de producten van de n.v. Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutique (R.I.T.) uit het Waalse Genval. Deze plaat maakt deel uit van een reeks van 12, uitgegeven door dit farmabedrijf. Prachtig werk.
Conditie A : Frisse kleuren: platen werd beschermd tegen de zon. Afbeelding integraal gaaf.
Ontwerp: Paul Daxhelet (getekend in de plaat onderaan rechts)
Verzending: in beveiligde omslag met Bpost track & trace of Bpost International / Aangetekend.


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 draughtsman 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 water colours are colourful. Daxhelet had a smooth figurative style which separated him from common expressionism.
Later, his paintings took on a surrealist quality that was highly regarded. Work of Daxhelet can be seen in the Museums of Bruxelles 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 1950's. In 1968 the company was acquired by Smith, Kline & French and since 2000 renamed GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (Source: Wikipedia).