Bram Bogart
Biography
Bram Bogart born in 1921 as Abraham van den Boogaart in Delft, completes an apprenticeship as a painter at the vocational school from 1933 to 1936. In 1935 he applies for a two-year correspondence course in drawing. From 1937 to 1938 he is working as a painter for cinema posters in Rotterdam. In 1939 on he starts a career as independent painter with the support of art dealer Bennewitz. In 1943/44 he applies at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in Den Haag for six months in order to escape deportation as a forced labourer to Germany. His first solo exhibition takes place at the gallery Bennewitz in Den Haag. From 1951 to 1960 he lives in Paris. In 1955 he exhibits for the first time under the name Bogart in the gallery Raymond Creuze, Paris. In 1958 he meets Emil Schuhmacher, Bernhard Schultze, Karl Friedrich Dahmen and the art critic Manfred de la Motte. Fontana visits Bogart in his atelier in Paris. In 1960 he moves definitely to Brussels. In 1963 he receives the Prize of the Belgian Art Critics Association. In 1969 he acquires Belgian citizenship. In 1987 he is awarded the Prix Jules Raeymakers by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Brussels. From 1988 on he lives in in Kortenbos near St. Truiden. In the 90's several retrospectives take place in Brussels, Oostend and Biarritz. Bram Bogart dies in 2012.
Exhibitions (Selection)
1943 Kunstzaal Bennewitz, Den Haag | 1944 Galerie D'oude Lanteern, Amersfoort | 1947 Galerie Bokhoven, Delft | 1950 Galerie Martin Crusan, Cannes | 1951 Rijksmuseum Huis Lambert van Meerten, Delft / Kunstzaal Bennewitz, Den Haag | 1952 he participates at Some Aspects of Modern Dutch Painting, Redfern Gallery, London and also at Contour, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft (also in 1955; 1957) | 1953 Kunstzaal Bennewitz, Den Haag | 1954 Galerie Raymond Creuze, Paris / Galerie Le Canard, Amsterdam together with Armand / Participation at Phases de l'art contemporain: Première confrontation internationale d'art expérimental à Paris, Galerie Raymond Creuze, Paris | 1955 Bogart: 150 Peintures, Galerie Raymond Creuze, Paris / Zimmergalerie Franck, Frankfurt a.M. / 11e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles/Nouvelles réaliés, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Paris (also in 1958, 1959, 1960) | 1958 Galerie Edmond Carabin, Brussels, here he meets the critic Jean Dypréau and Van Anderlecht | 1959 Galerie 22 of Jean-Pierre Wilhelm, Dusseldorf /Bram Bogart: Schilderijen, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring / Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels / Junge Maler der Gegenwart, Künstlerhaus, Vienna | 1960 Tooth Gallery, London / Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Modern Art Museum, Paris | 1962 Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall | 1963 Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel | 1964 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel | 1966 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Verviers | 1967 Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam | 1968 Länsmuseet, Jönköping | 1969 Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden | 1973 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel | 1980 Kunstmesse, Stand / Galerie Dobbelhoef, Basel | 1984 Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam / Museum van Hedendaagse, Gent | 1988 Retrospektive Ausstellung, The Mayor Gallery, London | 1995 Bram Bogart Retrospektive, Paris, Brüssel, Ohain / Museum voor Kunst (PMMK), Ostende | 2000 Eine retrospektive Ausstellung, Museum von Mons, Belgien | 2005 Eine retrospektive Ausstellung 1950-2005, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen | 2012 Bram Bogart: Mastering Matter, Cobra Museum, Netherlands.
Bram Bogart
Biography
Bram Bogart born in 1921 as Abraham van den Boogaart in Delft, completes an apprenticeship as a painter at the vocational school from 1933 to 1936. In 1935 he applies for a two-year correspondence course in drawing. From 1937 to 1938 he is working as a painter for cinema posters in Rotterdam. In 1939 on he starts a career as independent painter with the support of art dealer Bennewitz. In 1943/44 he applies at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in Den Haag for six months in order to escape deportation as a forced labourer to Germany. His first solo exhibition takes place at the gallery Bennewitz in Den Haag. From 1951 to 1960 he lives in Paris. In 1955 he exhibits for the first time under the name Bogart in the gallery Raymond Creuze, Paris. In 1958 he meets Emil Schuhmacher, Bernhard Schultze, Karl Friedrich Dahmen and the art critic Manfred de la Motte. Fontana visits Bogart in his atelier in Paris. In 1960 he moves definitely to Brussels. In 1963 he receives the Prize of the Belgian Art Critics Association. In 1969 he acquires Belgian citizenship. In 1987 he is awarded the Prix Jules Raeymakers by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Brussels. From 1988 on he lives in in Kortenbos near St. Truiden. In the 90's several retrospectives take place in Brussels, Oostend and Biarritz. Bram Bogart dies in 2012.
Exhibitions (Selection)
1943 Kunstzaal Bennewitz, Den Haag | 1944 Galerie D'oude Lanteern, Amersfoort | 1947 Galerie Bokhoven, Delft | 1950 Galerie Martin Crusan, Cannes | 1951 Rijksmuseum Huis Lambert van Meerten, Delft / Kunstzaal Bennewitz, Den Haag | 1952 he participates at Some Aspects of Modern Dutch Painting, Redfern Gallery, London and also at Contour, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft (also in 1955; 1957) | 1953 Kunstzaal Bennewitz, Den Haag | 1954 Galerie Raymond Creuze, Paris / Galerie Le Canard, Amsterdam together with Armand / Participation at Phases de l'art contemporain: Première confrontation internationale d'art expérimental à Paris, Galerie Raymond Creuze, Paris | 1955 Bogart: 150 Peintures, Galerie Raymond Creuze, Paris / Zimmergalerie Franck, Frankfurt a.M. / 11e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles/Nouvelles réaliés, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Paris (also in 1958, 1959, 1960) | 1958 Galerie Edmond Carabin, Brussels, here he meets the critic Jean Dypréau and Van Anderlecht | 1959 Galerie 22 of Jean-Pierre Wilhelm, Dusseldorf /Bram Bogart: Schilderijen, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring / Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels / Junge Maler der Gegenwart, Künstlerhaus, Vienna | 1960 Tooth Gallery, London / Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Modern Art Museum, Paris | 1962 Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall | 1963 Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel | 1964 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel | 1966 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Verviers | 1967 Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam | 1968 Länsmuseet, Jönköping | 1969 Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden | 1973 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel | 1980 Kunstmesse, Stand / Galerie Dobbelhoef, Basel | 1984 Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam / Museum van Hedendaagse, Gent | 1988 Retrospektive Ausstellung, The Mayor Gallery, London | 1995 Bram Bogart Retrospektive, Paris, Brüssel, Ohain / Museum voor Kunst (PMMK), Ostende | 2000 Eine retrospektive Ausstellung, Museum von Mons, Belgien | 2005 Eine retrospektive Ausstellung 1950-2005, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen | 2012 Bram Bogart: Mastering Matter, Cobra Museum, Netherlands.
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