Pierre-Louis FLOUQUET (1900-1967), "Jacob et l'ange aux joueurs de cartes"

Pierre-Louis Flouquet was a painter, draftsman, graphic artist and poet. Educated at the Brussels Academy by C. Montald and G. Combaz (1914-1918). Friend of Magritte, whose studio he shares. Flouquet's early works clearly show Cubist influence.

In 1920 he came into contact with the ideas of De Stijl and Mondrian. In 1922, together with the Bourgeois brothers, he published the magazine “7 Arts”, in which the painters defended Modernism. In the mid-1920s he moved closer to abstraction. In 1925, Flouquet exhibited in the famous “Der Sturm” gallery in Berlin. Also in 1925, together with Marcel-Louis Baugniet and Jean-Jacques Baillard, he founded the group "L'Assaut". Stay in Paris, where he mainly made drawings.

After his return in 1930, his work developed into figurative expressionism. Religious themes are the focus.

Due to a lack of recognition, he gave up painting and from then on worked as a critic, architectural journalist and writer.

Flouquet's work concentrated over a period of around fifteen years (1920–1935) and shows a sensible development from cubist realism - somewhat Fauvist - through abstraction to expressionism.

Works of Flouquet are part of the museum of Brussels, Ixelles and Ostend.