Lucebert - Litho, 'Oh hear oh ear' (small edition)

Lucebert (1924 –1994) was involved as a poet with the Vijftigers, who experimented with form and content in their poems after WWII. As a painter he participated in the Cobra movement. Initially Lucebert used the childish visual language of the Cobra painters. In this print, however, the human beings have been given a cartoon-like appearance that is emphasized by the heavy outlines and the grimness of the heads. Turn the text, written in mirror writing, and you see the enigmatic words: ' O hoor, oh oor.' According to the artist, we must interpret this meaning ourselves.

Lucebert's talent was discovered when he went to work for his father after school. After half a year at art school, he decided to become homeless between 1938 and 1947. In 1947, a Franciscan monastery offered him a roof over his head in exchange for a huge mural. Because the nuns did not appreciate his work, they had it painted over completely with white paint.
He belonged to the Dutch literary movement of De Vijftigers, which was strongly influenced by the European avant-garde movement COBRA. Lucebert's early work in particular shows this influence, and his art in general reflects a rather pessimistic view of life.