Englebert Van Anderlecht
Biography
Englebert Van Anderlecht was born in 1918 in Schaerbeek, Brussels. In 1935, he joined Belradio as an office worker while attending evening classes at the Académie des Arts de Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode until 1942.
Van Anderlecht held his first exhibitions in 1942. In 1944, he married Jeanne Vandenbulcke. That same year, he created works in the Fauvist style depicting scenes of Brussels. Having made his first trip to Paris in 1947, Van Anderlecht continued to paint Fauvist depictions of Brussels in the following years.
In 1953, Van Anderlecht participated in the exhibition Lauréats des Prix Jeune Peinture Belge, Jeune Sculpture Belge at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and continued his participation in this event in the following years. In 1955, he presented his first solo exhibition at the Apollo Gallery in Brussels. In 1957, Van Anderlecht took part in the X Premio Lissone Internazionale per la Pittura at the Ente Comunale del Mobile in Lissone, Italy. Van Anderlecht’s early work reflects the influence of Cézanne, Matisse, and Braque, but from 1957, he developed his own independent style, characterized by gestural abstraction.
In 1958, Englebert Van Anderlecht exhibited alongside Jef Verheyen. Shortly afterward, Verheyen visited Van Anderlecht’s studio for the first time, marking the beginning of a lasting artistic collaboration.
Van Anderlecht represented Belgium at the São Paulo Biennial in 1959 and collaborated with Jean Dypréau on fifteen paintings and several works on paper inspired by Serge Vandercam. Despite his diagnosis of cancer, he remained prolific, producing over sixty paintings in 1960 and exhibiting in Lausanne and at the Galerie Bernard in Grenchen, Switzerland. From August 26 to 29 of that year, Van Anderlecht collaborated with Verheyen in his studio on a series of works that Verheyen later titled L’un et l’autre – ni l’un ni l’autre after Van Anderlecht’s death.
After a hospital stay, Van Anderlecht returned home in early 1961 and participated in Hedendaagse Kunst uit Nederland, Vlaanderen en Zuid-Afrika at G58, Middelheim. His health deteriorated, and he passed away on 7 March 1961 at the age of 42.
Exhibitions (Selection)
1955 Van Anderlecht, oeuvres récentes, Galerie Apollo, Brussels | 1957 Galerie Edmond Carabin, Brussels | 1959 Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussel | 1959 Peinture partagée: Dypréau-Van Anderlecht-Vandercam, Galerie Aujourd’hui, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels | 1960 Van Anderlecht, Peintures, Galerie Bernard, Grenchen | 1963 E. Van Anderlecht, Retrospectieve, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels | 1968 Gemeentemuseum Elsene | 1969 Museum voor Schone Kunsten Oostende | 1990 E. Van Anderlecht 1918 - 1961, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Brussels | 1999 Englebert Van Anderlecht: Retrospectieve van tekeningen en aquarellen, Stichting voor Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst Serge Goyens de Heusch, Brussels
Passion and instincts lead to crime
– and to my painting.
Englebert van Anderlecht, 1960
Englebert Van Anderlecht
Passion and instincts lead to crime
– and to my painting.
Englebert van Anderlecht, 1960
Biography
Englebert Van Anderlecht was born in 1918 in Schaerbeek, Brussels. In 1935, he joined Belradio as an office worker while attending evening classes at the Académie des Arts de Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode until 1942.
Van Anderlecht held his first exhibitions in 1942. In 1944, he married Jeanne Vandenbulcke. That same year, he created works in the Fauvist style depicting scenes of Brussels. Having made his first trip to Paris in 1947, Van Anderlecht continued to paint Fauvist depictions of Brussels in the following years.
In 1953, Van Anderlecht participated in the exhibition Lauréats des Prix Jeune Peinture Belge, Jeune Sculpture Belge at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and continued his participation in this event in the following years. In 1955, he presented his first solo exhibition at the Apollo Gallery in Brussels. In 1957, Van Anderlecht took part in the X Premio Lissone Internazionale per la Pittura at the Ente Comunale del Mobile in Lissone, Italy. Van Anderlecht’s early work reflects the influence of Cézanne, Matisse, and Braque, but from 1957, he developed his own independent style, characterized by gestural abstraction.
In 1958, Englebert Van Anderlecht exhibited alongside Jef Verheyen. Shortly afterward, Verheyen visited Van Anderlecht’s studio for the first time, marking the beginning of a lasting artistic collaboration.
Van Anderlecht represented Belgium at the São Paulo Biennial in 1959 and collaborated with Jean Dypréau on fifteen paintings and several works on paper inspired by Serge Vandercam. Despite his diagnosis of cancer, he remained prolific, producing over sixty paintings in 1960 and exhibiting in Lausanne and at the Galerie Bernard in Grenchen, Switzerland. From August 26 to 29 of that year, Van Anderlecht collaborated with Verheyen in his studio on a series of works that Verheyen later titled L’un et l’autre – ni l’un ni l’autre after Van Anderlecht’s death.
After a hospital stay, Van Anderlecht returned home in early 1961 and participated in Hedendaagse Kunst uit Nederland, Vlaanderen en Zuid-Afrika at G58, Middelheim. His health deteriorated, and he passed away on 7 March 1961 at the age of 42.
Exhibitions (Selection)
1955 Van Anderlecht, oeuvres récentes, Galerie Apollo, Brussels | 1957 Galerie Edmond Carabin, Brussels | 1959 Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussel | 1959 Peinture partagée: Dypréau-Van Anderlecht-Vandercam, Galerie Aujourd’hui, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels | 1960 Van Anderlecht, Peintures, Galerie Bernard, Grenchen | 1963 E. Van Anderlecht, Retrospectieve, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels | 1968 Gemeentemuseum Elsene | 1969 Museum voor Schone Kunsten Oostende | 1990 E. Van Anderlecht 1918 - 1961, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Brussels | 1999 Englebert Van Anderlecht: Retrospectieve van tekeningen en aquarellen, Stichting voor Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst Serge Goyens de Heusch, Brussels
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