Paul Joostens - Moederliefde

Paul Joostens (1889-1960) was an idiosyncratic Belgian painter, draftsman and maker of collages. He was briefly an impressionist, then a symbolist, futurist, cubist, surrealist, dadaist, anarchist, nihilist, and finally existentialist. Joostens was an idiosyncratic Antwerp painter, draftsman and maker of collages. Short-lived impressionist, symbolist, futurist, cubist, surrealist, dadaist, anarchist, nihilist and finally existentialist. After his death, the estate was in long debate and blocked. From 2000 on release 'prices are swinging'. Had a strict religious upbringing, both at home and with the Jesuits. Insights gained there into the style and forms of the Gothic and the Flemish Primitives. Studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Jozef Peeters, Floris and Oscar Jespers and joined the Antwerp Avantgarde. From 1916, like Jozef Peeters, he experienced a rapid evolution from Symbolism to Futurism and Cubism. Lived in Rotterdam for a short time after the First World War. On March 1, 2014, Paul Joostens had a major retrospective exhibition at MuZEE in Ostend and, like Van Mieghem, became internationally renowned in all museums. In frame 24-28 cm