Marcel Lempereur-Haut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian painter
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Place of Birth: Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
About Marcel Lempereur-Haut
- Marcel Lempereur-Haut (1898, Liège – 1986, Lille) was a Belgian painter.
- He took drawing lessons at the Liège Academy of Fine Arts where he obtained a diploma in surveying and, after World War I he worked as a technical draughtsman. In 1920, he joined the group publishing the Anthologie art magazine.
- He started his artistic career by producing book illustrations and prints, mostly inspired by cubism.
- He produced his first abstract art in 1921, and in 1922 befriended František Kupka.
- From 1932, he participated in the exhibitions of the musicalist artists. He lived in Paris from 1945 to 1958, and participated in the exhibitions of the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles.
- At this stage, his work mainly comprised combinations of circles, spirals and stars.
- His later works were mostly decorative. Lempereur-Haut continued to paint into at least his late seventies, limiting himself to crayons on cardboard after a cataract operation in 1976 restricted his vision.
- A retrospective exhibition of his work was held in Lille in 1985.
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