Bram Bogart

(Belgian, 1921–2012)

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Bram Bogart

Troisblue, 1972

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Bram Bogart

Roodruitwit, 1966

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Biography

Timeline

1921
Born in Delft, son of a Blacksmith
1933 - 1936
Attended l’Ecole des Arts et Métiers learning the trade of painter and decorator
1935
Took a two-year postal course of drawing lessons paid by his father
1939
Became a full-time painter thanks to the support of the dealer Bennewitz
1943 - 1944
Entered the Academie de la Haye
1944 - 1945
Lived clandestinely in Delft
1946
Moved to France (Paris and South of France)
1951 - 1960
Lived alongside several members of CoBrA, including Appel, Corneille, Steven, and Gilbert
1953
Met the collector Steel de Vries
1958
Became friendly with Swedish painter Bengt Lindstrom and Fontana

Exhibitions

2013
2013, Bram Bogart - On the Roof in Paris, Galerie Richard, Paris, France (solo)
2007
Gallery Clement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Salon des Grand Antiques, Pierre Bergé, Brussels (solo)
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo)
2006
Retrospective Exhibition 1950–2005, Kunsthalle, Reckling Hausen, Germany (solo)
Fine Art Society, London (solo)
2004
Galerie d’art Inter Atrium, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Monos Art Gallery, Liege, Belgium (solo)
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (solo)
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium (solo)

Literature

W Van den BUSSCHE. Bram Bogart Retrospectief. Oostende, 1995.
Marcel PAQUET. Bram Bogart ou la peinture-peinture. Editions Athénée, Geneva, 1997.
Marcel PAQUET. Peintures. E.L.A. La Difference, Paris, 1989.
Marcel PAQUET. Bram Bogart. E.L.A. La Difference, Paris, 1990.
Francine Claire LEGRAND. Bram Bogart. Lannoo, 1988.