{"id":48032,"date":"2020-08-18T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/fons-verstreken-1929-2011\/"},"modified":"2020-08-18T20:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T20:03:00","slug":"fons-verstreken-1929-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/fons-verstreken-1929-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Fons Verstreken (1929-2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-1022x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-973x974.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k-508x509.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-017-2k.jpg 1997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Les danseuses<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">125 x 125 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k-1536x1519.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k-973x962.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k-508x502.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-018-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Three women<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">90 x 90 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k-908x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k-908x1024.jpg 908w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k-768x866.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k-1362x1536.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k-973x1098.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k-508x573.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-014-2k.jpg 1773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Study 0,<\/strong> 1962<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">130 x 110 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil paint on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">In 1963 Fons Verstreken received the \u201cPrize for Young Belgian Painting\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kunstkoppen extra - Fons Verstreken\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOl65NvfGxo?start=8&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k-1024x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k-1024x419.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k-768x314.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k-1536x629.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k-973x398.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k-508x208.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-002-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The hat<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">70 x 170 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k-1024x1002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k-1024x1002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k-768x751.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k-1536x1503.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k-973x952.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k-508x497.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-005-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Figure by the river<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">180 x 120 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k-1536x940.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k-973x595.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k-508x311.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-009-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>M&#8217;as-tu-vu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">80 x 125 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k-1024x976.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k-1024x976.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k-768x732.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k-1536x1464.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k-973x927.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k-508x484.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-006-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">It is finished<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">200 x 200 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k-993x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k-993x1024.jpg 993w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k-768x792.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k-1489x1536.jpg 1489w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k-973x1004.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k-508x524.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-015-2k.jpg 1939w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Shackled<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">120 x 80 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">plastic<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k-1536x1056.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k-973x669.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k-508x349.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-001-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Spring dance in the Hageland<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">110 x 165 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k-973x620.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k-508x324.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-010-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Collage with heads<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">120 x 200 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mixed media<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k-1536x887.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k-973x562.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k-508x293.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-012-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Collage with heads 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">120 x 200 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">mixed media<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k-648x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k-768x1214.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k-972x1536.jpg 972w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k-973x1538.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k-508x803.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-011-2k.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Collage with heads 3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">200 x 120 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">mixed media<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k-1024x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k-1024x866.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k-768x650.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k-1536x1299.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k-973x823.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k-508x430.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-016-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Study R, 1962<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">121 x 142 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k-973x1458.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k-508x761.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-007-2k.jpg 1335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Figure for eternity<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">180 x 120 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k-1024x987.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k-1024x987.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k-768x740.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k-1536x1481.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k-973x938.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k-508x490.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-004-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Leaving<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">115 x 115 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Leaving is something different<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">from sneaking out of the house<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">quietly pulling the door shut<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">behind your existence and not returning. You remain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">someone who is waited for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Leaving can be described as<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">a kind of staying.  Nobody<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">waits because you are still there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Nobody says goodbye<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">because you are not leaving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Rutger Kopland<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k-973x674.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k-508x352.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-003-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Reclining figure<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">120 x 170 cm<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">charcoal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthijssens-1-2019-001_2k8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthijssens-1-2019-001_2k8-747x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthijssens-1-2019-001_2k8-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthijssens-1-2019-001_2k8-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthijssens-1-2019-001_2k8-768x1053.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthijssens-1-2019-001_2k8-973x1334.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthijssens-1-2019-001_2k8-508x697.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Belgian tricolour<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5-741x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5-741x1024.jpeg 741w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5-217x300.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5-768x1062.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5-1111x1536.jpeg 1111w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5-1481x2048.jpeg 1481w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5-973x1345.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5-508x702.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-buryn2-3destaat-2k5.jpeg 1808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">37 x 27 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Engraving (engraved directly into the copper with a burin).  Fons Verstreken chose to make intermediate prints. &#8216;States&#8217;.  As a proof; \u00c9preuve d&#8217;artiste.  Or state or \u00e9tat.  After that he could engrave further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5-973x730.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fons-verstreken-nu-wat-me-bleef-2k5-508x381.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">23.5 x 34.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jozef-Tielemans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jozef-Tielemans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jozef-Tielemans.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jozef-Tielemans-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jozef-Tielemans-508x677.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Mayor Joseph Tielemans (1865-1914)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">In memory of Mayor Tielemans and more than 170 citizens who were shot dead in Aarschot at the start of the First World War.  The statue in front of the town hall points, as it were, to the duty of those in charge to do their utmost for the citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Bronze cast.  The original is in clay.  Verstreken made a mould (moule) of it for casting.  Think of a chocolate Saint Nicholas.  Statues are hollow.  You can see the seams and casting channels.  The artist still has to file those away and join the pieces together.  Centuries-old technique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Fons-Verstreken-painting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Fons-Verstreken-painting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Fons-Verstreken-painting.jpg 582w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Fons-Verstreken-painting-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Fons-Verstreken-painting-508x271.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Fons Verstreken was born in Rillaar on 31 January 1929. He died on 31 October 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Studies: Vrije Normaalschool in Tienen, final diploma in 1948.<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Preparation for the \u201cDrawing Teacher\u201d examination at the Sint-Thomasinstituut in Brussels 1950-1952.<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Obtained the diploma of the Central Examination Board in 1954.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Teacher of artistic subjects at the Municipal Academy in Aarschot, where he co-initiated the youth studios, the decorative drawing studio, the graphic art studio and the drawing and life drawing studio. As a teacher of art subjects at the Sint-Jozefscollege in Aarschot he was co-founder of the Art Department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">In 1963 he received the \u201cPrize for Young Belgian Painting\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The work of Fons Verstreken is widely represented in several private collections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201cBesides painting, Fons Verstreken also devoted himself to graphic art. He made etchings and wood engravings, never unambiguous; in etching, for example, he developed various variants such as the mezzotint, which gave his work rich depth and splendid shades of grey. In burin engraving he excelled through bravura and accurately drawn lines that betray the hand and strength of a true master.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Besides a rich oeuvre of paintings and graphic art, Fons Verstreken produced work for advertising, luxury packaging, calligraphy, book illustrations and occasional graphic art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Fons Verstreken also worked with clay. It is especially in sculptural ceramics that his artistic work takes on a broad momentum, in which many virtuoso elements from his earlier work come together. Large \u201cheads\u201d are at times serious, then again almost caricatures with biting mockery. In his ceramic work Fons Verstreken seems reborn, liberated; something he strives for and seeks his whole life: freedom.\u201d &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Jos\u00e9e Lehon &#8211; art historian<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k-973x640.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k-508x334.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fons-verstreken-tentoonstelling-013-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>It is finished<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">80 x 120 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">self-portrait, X-rayed, pastel on paper<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">With incredible strength and incredible inspiration he was and is active as a painter, graphic artist (etching, burin, applied graphic art) and sculptor.  His drawings and scribbles are preliminary studies for later work, always on the way to a future that is undetermined for him and for the viewer.  His work has accordingly been exhibited in numerous galleries at home and abroad.  On a visit to his studio, in the company of his inseparable shepherd dog, you are gripped by everything in that interior.  You stand humbly silent, looking and listening to a man who, with all his moods, tensions and contradictions, brings art to life. Here and there one recognises in the composition elements from nature, with the all-dominating human figure at the centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">At first sight one can call this work fascinating, not easy and yet immediately appealing.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">In other words, a whole of unresolved questions and states, as befits a true \u201cartiste\u201d.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Every work announces itself as a composition of planes, blotches, streaks, applied quickly and forcefully, nervously, onto the canvas. It is a continuing search<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">for the essential questions connected with our own existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Fons does not like so-called artists who use the same \u201ctrick\u201d again and again, he experiments constantly, relying on a high level of professional knowledge.  Every lived work is preceded by a written word.  Everywhere in his studio you can see abbreviated texts hanging that show how emotionally Fons&#8217;s creations come into being.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pure: wistful; I do not exist; cliched; self-affirmation. Themes that are not foreign to him. About \u201cpure\u201d Fons wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>\u201cLike a tree in the plain<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> in the wind and the rain<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> and the glory of the sun<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> far from all words<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> far from all words<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> far from all words<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> alone<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> in a boundless plain<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> in space and time<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> once the unsayable<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> new<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> to be able to embrace<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> and nothing more&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">He calls this \u201cpoetic texts, alas without poetry\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201cAfter his day&#8217;s work Fons noted down in scribbles what went through his head or what occupied him at that moment. Anyone who knew Fons as a teacher knows that \u201cindividuality\u201d came first. For him drawing was not copying things, not copying outward forms. His development as a ceramicist and sculptor runs parallel to all his other work, an importance not to be scorned.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Thanks to his great craftsmanship, Fons can involve us, as viewers, in his inner feelings.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A noble event. In all the materials he works with, he breathes new life into them with his<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">skill. A privilege to have been able to experience and taste all this at close quarters? Keeping company with such a character for many years leaves its mark.\u201d &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Edward Moons &#8211; painter<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Les danseuses 125 x 125 cm oil on canvas \u00a0 Three women 90 x 90 cm oil on canvas \u00a0 Study 0, 1962 130 x 110 cm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}