Paul PERMEKE (1918-1990), Last rays of sun over the village, 1987

Paul Permeke was a Belgian figurative post-impressionist.

He was the son of the painter Constant Permeke and Marie Delaere and the grandson of the painter Henri Permeke. Permeke was self-taught.

Together with two artist friends, Rik Slabbinck and Luc Peire, he founded a painting community in Dudzele. He spent a long time in Spain and Portugal, in Paris and in the south of France and finally moved to the Westkapelle in 1960.

Permeke processed influences of Expressionism and Impressionism, especially elements by James Ensor, Marc Chagall and Bernard Buffet. He painted folk scenes in particularly bright colors: city and village scenes, peasant scenes, circus and variety artists, fantasy scenes, carnival and beach scenes.

Museums: Antwerp, Royal Museum of Fine Arts. Ostend, Mu.ZEE (Art Museum by the Sea)

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A copy of the book on P. Permke by Willem Enzinck will be joined (DE, EN, FR, NL).