{"id":48060,"date":"2021-03-06T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/albert-patteet-1944-2024\/"},"modified":"2021-03-06T20:56:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T20:56:00","slug":"albert-patteet-1944-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/albert-patteet-1944-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert Patteet  (1944-2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kunstkoppen - Albert Patteet\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2C5VD303jqo?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-014-1K9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-014-1K9-693x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-014-1K9-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-014-1K9-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-014-1K9-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-014-1K9-973x1438.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-014-1K9-508x751.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-014-1K9.jpg 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">26.5 x 18 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">pastel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>Children in the village.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-013-1K9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-013-1K9-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-013-1K9-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-013-1K9-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-013-1K9-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-013-1K9-973x1210.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-013-1K9-508x632.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-013-1K9.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">22.5 x 18 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pastel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>The storm<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-016-1K9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-016-1K9-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-016-1K9-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-016-1K9-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-016-1K9-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-016-1K9-973x1414.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-016-1K9-508x738.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-016-1K9.jpg 1321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">21 x 15.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pastel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>Child at the window.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-015-1K9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-015-1K9-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-015-1K9-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-015-1K9-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-015-1K9-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-015-1K9-973x1303.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-015-1K9-508x680.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-015-1K9.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">31 x 23.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pastel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Organ concert in Langdorp.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-017-1K9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-017-1K9-733x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-017-1K9-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-017-1K9-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-017-1K9-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-017-1K9-973x1360.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-017-1K9-508x710.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-017-1K9.jpg 1374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">19 x 14.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pastel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>untitled<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Long walk<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Walking out of the village<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Behind me people and houses<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">By the brook yellow winter cress<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A dandelion already fluffy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The sky arched above me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">And mirrored in the water<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Slow clouds sail by<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Clouds of before and after<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">At walking pace away from the world here<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">To the land where I once belonged<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The earth breathes like a peaceful animal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Breath, still unaware of words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Albert Patteet<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-012-1K9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-012-1K9-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-012-1K9-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-012-1K9-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-012-1K9-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-012-1K9-973x1303.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-012-1K9-508x680.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-012-1K9.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">25.5 x 20.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pastel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>Pollard willows along the brook.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Mother is<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I remember it again, from long ago<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mother is a morning field of grain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Red with poppies at the edge<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">On the horizon tall trees stand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">And before my feet a road of sand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The field rustles like the praying of prayers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">There is the scent of ripening corn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The harvest comes before the evening dew<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">And far away I can hear again as then<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mother is the cry of a peacock<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">When storms come howling over the land<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I have trodden the dark road<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">And I still feel, now so much later<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">How rains descending flow around me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mother is a skin of water<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mother, I gave you names through the years<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">And still remember all we did together<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Now I rest at the evening window<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">In stars the past shivers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I say again all the words that ever were<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mother is, mother is, but find no name<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Albert Patteet<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-011-1K9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-011-1K9-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-011-1K9-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-011-1K9-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-011-1K9-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-011-1K9-973x1361.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-011-1K9-508x710.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-011-1K9.jpg 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">25 x 19 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pastel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>Eternal river<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-003-1K9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-003-1K9-841x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-003-1K9-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-003-1K9-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-003-1K9-768x935.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-003-1K9-973x1185.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-003-1K9-508x618.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/patteet-003-1K9.jpg 1577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">61 x 50 cm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>Abbey of Averbode<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Albert Patteet (1944 \u2013 2024) came to painting and drawing spontaneously and at a very young age. A reproduction of C\u00e9zanne&#8217;s &#8220;The Boy in the Red Waistcoat&#8221; gave him a shock. He understood at once the hierarchy in images, the great difference between banal depictions and art. He read a lot.<br \/>His first paintings on canvas were a disaster. Probably, he said, because of fear. It was immediately clear that he preferred working on panel because he liked putting force into his brush. The panels are &#8220;Unalit&#8221;, which he had sawn to handy sizes (60\/50, for example). His medium was good lacquer paint, not classic oil paint. Besides charcoal he also liked working a great deal with pastel on paper. Very ecologically, he salvaged frames to present the works; these then determined the size.<br \/>Albert Patteet preferred to start from reality. A landscape drawn in nature or remembered through careful observation. The village views and landscapes are strongly stylised. The figures that appear in some works are not portraits. They are not anecdotal figures. They have rather a universal character. In the pastels especially, the work is symbolic. It is about sorrow, the insignificance of man, the vulnerability of the child, powerlessness and helplessness in the face of the grandeur of nature. In the larger lacquer paintings, landscapes and views are captured in a simplified form so that they refer to a particular place and, at the same time, transcend that place. Although heavily charged, the works are not gloomy. On the contrary, there is light on the horizon. The work of Albert Patteet radiates calm.<br \/>Besides painter and draughtsman, Albert Patteet was a gifted gardener. Around his house reigned an abundance of crops in numerous varieties. It looks like a mini earthly paradise. He preferred to share the fruits of the land with others. He also shared his knowledge. He had become a regular volunteer at the Sint-Pieter School in Langdorp, where he grew and prepared vegetables with the pupils. Along the Demer he made plant walks with the classes, in which the Latin names and the properties of the wild plants were also discussed.<br \/>Albert Patteet, forever on his bicycle, was quietly a loyal friend. The sick and elderly confined to their homes could regularly count on his visit. Besides books he came with fresh vegetables. Often accompanied by a warm word. &#8220;Leeks, simply out of line&#8221;, &#8220;Picked a few late beans early in the morning, Enjoy&#8221;, &#8220;Tomatoes, seeds harvested, sown, grown and ripened in the Diepven&#8221;. In all modesty, Albert Patteet preferred to keep his work under the radar. He gave it away or exchanged it for plants and seeds of flowers and vegetables.<br \/>Albert Patteet also wrote poems. In these too, calm and quiet confidence in the eternal cycle of life predominate.<br \/>Jos\u00e9e Lehon<br \/>March 2024.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26.5 x 18 cm pastel Children in the village. 22.5 x 18 cm Pastel The storm 21 x 15.5 cm Pastel Child at the window. 31 x 23.5&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48060","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=48060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}