ART THEMA GALLERY

Belgium, Brussels: 1968

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STUDIES

A self-taugh artist.

EXHIBITIONS

Art Gallery – Singapore – Singapore

Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia

Welch Gallery – Palm Desert, California – USA

Welch Gallery Seatle, Washington – USA

Casart, Paris – France

Galerie des Beaux Arts, Heeze – Netherlands

Galerie Liehrmann, Liege – Belgium

WORK                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Debongnie brings to life flowers – both as iconographic floral signatures which capture the essential qualities of a flower rather than strict botanical representations, and as part of a landscape in fields growing wild amidst ripening grain. Their overall impression is one of movement: wind-blown fields beneath swirling skies of monestial blue.        

The use of Chinese ink adds a dramatic fluidity to all his works. In the Summer series, perhaps the most atmospheric of his paintings, a horizon draws the eye beyond the ripe field to the turbulent stormy skies overhead, and the hint of an impending storm. In another ongoing series – “White Flowers” and “Chinese Landscape”, Debongnie has chosen a more muted palette of greys, chalk, cream which both blend and contrast beautifully with the Chinese ink. These predominantly monochromatic works, often verging on the abstract, explore a variety of themes and landscapes.

 Discover Debognies portfolio by clicking on the thumbnails here under. Continue visiting the gallery by selecting the name of the next artwork at the bottom right or left.