Paul Permeke - Caravan on the Scheldt

Permeke, Paul Sidford (GB) 1918-1990 West Chapel Painter, draughtsman, self-taught. Youngest son of Constant Permeke. Moved to Lausanne at the age of 16 due to a disagreement with his father about his art education. Back in Belgium he lived for a few years with L.Peire and R.Slabbinck in the painters' community "Het luizengevecht" in Dudzele. Was interned during the Second World War as an English citizen. From 1937 onwards he painted scenes in farming villages, caravans, farmers' balls, fairground scenes and mixed elements of impressionism and expressionism in them. A short period with unreal scenes is reminiscent of Ensor and Chagall. The miserabilism à la Buffet from the years 1946-1947 has little significance in his oeuvre. After a stay in Spain and Portugal (1953-1954) and in the South of France (1955) his palette became lighter, happier and sunnier. From 1960 onwards, settled in West-Kapelle, he found his inspiration mainly in the polder region and the moving skies, but he also remained true to all other motifs that were close to his heart, such as the ordinary man, the wanderer, the fisherman, the farmer. Work to be found in the Museums in Antwerp and Ostend. Literature: Paul Piron, Lexicon van Westvlaamse Beeldende Kunstenaars IV, BAS I