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Joseph Lacasse

(Belgian, 1894–1975)

Joseph Lacasse

Méditation, 1968

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Joseph Lacasse

Cosmos, 1935

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Joseph Lacasse

Mouvement

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Joseph Lacasse

Tachisme, 1935

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Joseph Lacasse

Tachisme, 1935

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Joseph Lacasse

Vérité (Dia no. 101), 1972

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Joseph Lacasse

Balancement majeur (Dia no. 550) , 1946

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Joseph Lacasse

Carrières (Dia no. 289), 1956

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Joseph Lacasse

Composition géometrique, 1937

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Joseph Lacasse

Quadrichromie, 1974

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Biography

Timeline

1894: Born in Tournai, Belgium
1910: Completed his first abstract and Cubist compositions
1912 - 1918: Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Tournai
1914: First exhibition in Brussels
1920 - 1922: Studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels
1921: Visited Italy where he painted his Motherhood series
1922 - 1923: Travelled to Brittany and Spain
1925: Moved to Paris where he met Robert Delaunay
1930 - 1939: Lacasse moves towards Tachism
1937: Invents an aesthetic theory of the abstract
1940: Joined the Liberation French forces in England
1943: Became professor of sculpture and ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent
1947: At the end of the war he returned to Paris and became a French citizen
1975: Died in Paris, France

Exhibitions

2013: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, Tournai, Belgium (solo) (La Beauté sauve Le monde, including a presentation of Lacasse's 'Quatre Jours de La Création')
: Whitford Fine Art, London, UK (solo) (retrospective exhibition)
2005: Galerie des Arets, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2003: Galerie des Arets, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2001: Galerie des Arets, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
1999: Cotthem Gallery, Knokke-Zoute and Barcelona, (retrospective exhibition), Belgium and Sapin (solo)
1996: Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse (retrospective exhibition), France (solo)
1995: Couvent des Cordelliers, Paris (retrospective exhibition(, France (solo)
: Galerie Callu Mérite, Paris, (works 1930-1950), France (solo)
1994: Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de La ville de Liège, Liège (retrospective exhibition), France (solo)
: Galerie Cotthem, Knokke-le-Zoute, Blegium (solo)
1991: Gallerie Callu Mérite, Paris, France (solo)
1990: Galerie Cotthem, Art London 90, London, UK (solo)
1989: Maison de la Culture, Tournai, Belgium (solo)
: Cotthem Gallery, Aalst, Lineart Ghent, Belgium (solo)
: Galerie Callu Mérite, Paris, France (solo)
1988: Galerie Callu Mérite, Paris, France (solo)
1984: Drian Galleries, London, UK (solo)
1978: Modern Religious Art Museum, Oostend, The Netherlands (solo)
1977: Musée d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg (solo)
1976: Fondation Septentrion (Anne et Albert Prouvost), Marcq-en-Baroeul, France (solo)
1975: Galerie Govaerts, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
1974: Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, Tournai, Belgium (solo)
: World Trade Centre, Brussels (retrospective exhibition at the occasion of publication of the book Joseph Lacasse par Lui-même), Belgium (solo)
: Maison de la Culture, Tournai, Belgium (solo)
: Galerie -Jeanne Buytaert, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
: Drian Galleries, London, UK (solo)
1973: Playhouse Gallery, Harlow, UK (solo)
1972: Galerie Jacques Massol, Paris, France (solo)
1971: Galerie Jacques Massol, Paris, France (solo)
: Drian Galleries, London, UK (solo)
1970: Baukunst Ga|erie, Cologne, Germany (solo)
: Halle aux Draps, Tournai, Belgium (solo)
: Galerie Jacques Massol, Paris, France (solo)
1969: Galerie Jacques Massol, Paris, France (solo)
: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, France (solo)
: Kunstverein Feirburg-im Breisgau, Germany (solo)
: Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Germany (solo)
: Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany (solo)
1968: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons, France (solo)
1967: Swedish Architecture Museum, Lund, Sweden (solo)
1962: Drian Galleries, London, UK (solo)
: Galerie Heberg, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
1961: Galerie -Jacques Massol, Paris, France (solo)
: Galerie Kare-Berntsen, Oslo, Norway (solo)
1960: Galerie de la Madeleine, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
: Drian Galleries, London, UK (solo)
1959: Galerie Jacques Massol, Paris, France (solo)
: Drian Galleries, London, UK (solo)
1946: Galerie Delpierre, Paris, France (solo)
1926: Cercle Artistique de Tournai, Tournai, Belgium (solo)
1924: Cercle Artistique de Tournai, Tournai, Belgium (solo)
1919: Cercle Artistique de Tournai, Tournai, Belgium (solo)
1914: Galerie de la Reine, Brussels, Belgioum (solo)

Public Collections

: Museum Naradow, Warsaw
: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
: National Museet, Stockholm
: National Museum, Djakarta
: Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Ostend
: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, lsraeI
: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
: Eilat Museum, Israel
: Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
: Musée d'art moderne de La Ville de Paris, Paris
: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège
: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tournai
: Musée d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg
: Musée National d'art moderne, Paris
: Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel

Literature

: Joseph Lacasse, exhibition catalogue with introduction by VAN DE BUSSCHE, Willy and An Jo FERMON, Whitford Fine Art, London, 2013.
: RENWART, Marc. Joseph Lacasse, exhibition catalogue, Fonds Mercator, Paribas, Liège and Paris, 1994-1995.
: BILCKE, Maurits. et al. Joseph Lacasse par lui-même. Mercator, Antwerp, 1974.
: Joseph Lacasse par lui-meme. Fonds Mercator, Anvers, 1974.

Joseph Lacasse

(Belgian, 1894–1975)

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Joseph Lacasse

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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