René Mels (1909-1977) - Composition abstraite 1965-1970

Payment due before the evening of October 25. No shipments possible from October 26 for nearly 3 weeks (absence). ——- René Mels (1909-1977) – Abstract composition – Circa 1965-1970 – Watercolor and ink – Monogrammed René Mels (1909-1977) Abstract composition Watercolor and ink on paper, circa 1965-1970 Signature : Monogrammed « M » at the bottom right. Verso blank, except for a few small studio marks. Dimensions : 42 × 29,8 cm Sold unframed Condition Beautiful sheet, colors and lines well preserved. Paper slightly aged, with some light handling creases. No significant losses visible. The front remains clean, bright and expressive. See photos. Description Gestural abstract composition by René Mels, created in the 1960s-1970s. Fluid washes of blue, pink and orange-red overlay as transparent masses and trails. On top, a dense network of black ink marks – scribbles, loops, hatchings and nerve-like lines – traverse the composition and structure the movement. The white of the paper remains largely present, which lends air and highlights the tension between color and drawing. The gesture is free and dual: watercolor establishes the colored masses and transparencies, ink holds the drawing and provides the graphic rhythm. You find the typical balance of Mels between expressive chromaticism and nervous writing, characteristic of his lyrical abstract period. A living, airy and decorative work, very emblematic of the artist’s maturity. Biographie René Mels (René Meulemans, 1909-1977) is trained at the Academies of Leuven and Brussels, then at La Cambre. After an early expressionist phase influenced by Permeke, he evolves from 1947 toward abstraction. Active member of Young Belgian Painting (exhibitions 1947-1948 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels), he joined the group Art Abstrait in 1952 and co-founded Cap d’encre in 1963. His work is characterized by a concern for construction, a flexibility of writing and an expressive chromaticism. In 1950, a state grant allowed him to work at Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17 in Paris. His watercolors, engravings, pastels and paintings are in numerous Belgian and international public collections, notably at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

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