Gene Eggen - Woodcut, untitled - Sold

Gène Eggen (1921, Ulestraten (Meerssen) - 2000, Maastricht) was a Dutch painter, glass painter, engraver, sculptor and monumental artist. In 1943 Eggen went to the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam, where he studied with Heinrich Campendonk. Karel Appel, Corneille and Pieter Defesche were fellow students of his.
After his education he returned to Ulestraten, where he spent the rest of his life. Although he was trained as a painter and engraver at the academy, he familiarized himself with many techniques and became a versatile artist. Eggen is considered by many primarily as a sculptor. Throughout his artistic life he frequently used the colors blue and red in his paintings: his early works from the fifties are quite dark, in the sixties his colors became exuberant and from 1970 to 1990 he strove for a calmer tonality. After that his colors became more intense again. Eggen has built up an extensive and varied oeuvre.