{"id":48244,"date":"2024-03-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/andre-matthijssens\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:00:00","slug":"andre-matthijssens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/andre-matthijssens\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 Matthijssens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andr\u00e9 Matthijssens is a photographer in Langdorp and the ideal person for corporate reportages. For a photo shoot at your premises, in the office or at any location, you have come to the right address.  Andr\u00e9 is equipped to set up a mobile, professional studio on location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last millennium, when photography was still more craft than technology, the magic took place mainly in the darkroom, where sepia smelled like a chemistry lesson. With heaps of experience, a cartloadof domestic and foreign assignments and thousands of reportages behind him, photographer Andr\u00e9 Matthijssens was one of the first to jump on the digital express train. By staying one step ahead of the evolution, he always works with the latest materials and techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His passion, architectural photography, has taken Andr\u00e9 to Paris, New York, Dubai and Barcelona, but closer to home too he focused on photogenic structures, with spectacular images in Antwerp, Knokke and Aarschot, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most paintings and photos are offered for sale. The photos come in various sizes and finishes (photo on canvas, on plexiglass or metal). For further information call 0475 \/ 43 17 12 or mail matthijssens@skynet.be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/001-1024x931.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/001-1024x931.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/001-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/001-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/001-1536x1396.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/001-2048x1862.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/001-973x885.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/001-508x462.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/000-855x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/000-855x1024.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/000-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/000-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/000-1283x1536.jpg 1283w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/000-1711x2048.jpg 1711w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/000-973x1165.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/000-508x608.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002-1024x878.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002-1536x1317.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002-2048x1756.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002-973x835.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002-508x436.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/003-edited-852x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/003-edited-852x1024.jpg 852w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/003-edited-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/003-edited-768x923.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/003-edited-1278x1536.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/003-edited-1705x2048.jpg 1705w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/003-edited-973x1169.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/003-edited-508x610.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gum print<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/004-edited-837x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/004-edited-837x1024.jpg 837w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/004-edited-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/004-edited-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/004-edited-1256x1536.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/004-edited-1675x2048.jpg 1675w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/004-edited-973x1190.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/004-edited-508x621.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gum print<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Roland-Rens-gomdruk-1024x838.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Roland-Rens-gomdruk-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Roland-Rens-gomdruk-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Roland-Rens-gomdruk-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Roland-Rens-gomdruk-1536x1257.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Roland-Rens-gomdruk-973x796.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Roland-Rens-gomdruk-508x416.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Roland-Rens-gomdruk.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roland Rens (1952-2007) gum print &#8211; through the lens of Andr\u00e9 Matthijssens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/005-1024x862.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/005-1024x862.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/005-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/005-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/005-1536x1293.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/005-2048x1724.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/005-973x819.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/005-508x428.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former NMBS buildings in Leuven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/006-1024x836.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/006-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/006-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/006-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/006-1536x1254.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/006-2048x1672.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/006-973x795.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/006-508x415.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former NMBS buildings in Leuven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/007-edited-856x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/007-edited-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/007-edited-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/007-edited-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/007-edited-1284x1536.jpg 1284w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/007-edited-1712x2048.jpg 1712w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/007-edited-973x1164.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/007-edited-508x608.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former NMBS buildings in Leuven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/008-1024x843.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/008-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/008-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/008-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/008-1536x1264.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/008-2048x1685.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/008-973x801.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/008-508x418.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former NMBS buildings in Leuven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-973x547.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-508x286.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Langdorp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-1024x512.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-1536x769.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-2048x1025.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-973x487.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-508x254.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Langdorp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/demerloop-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/demerloop-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/demerloop-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/demerloop-01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/demerloop-01-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/demerloop-01-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/demerloop-01-973x547.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/demerloop-01-508x286.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Langdorp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"478\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 848 \/ 478;\" width=\"848\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/VIDEO-2025-02-05-09-01-231.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Langdorp from a bird&#8217;s-eye view, 5 February 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-009-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-009-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-009-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-009-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-009-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-009-973x649.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-009-508x339.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-009.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paris.  <\/strong> The building &#8216;Fondation Louis Vuitton&#8217;consists of twelve glass panels bent using techniques from aviation. These panels in turn rest mainly on steel pillars. The building is based on the &#8216;Grand Palais&#8217; in the centre of Paris. Because of the convex glass panels, the building looks a little like a ship with billowing sails, &#8220;although it could also be an ice floe&#8221;, according to the architect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-010-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-010-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-010-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-010-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-010-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-010-973x649.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-010-508x339.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-010.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The building of the <strong>&#8216;Fondation Louis Vuitton&#8217; <\/strong>, designed in 2014 by Franck Gehry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-013-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-013-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-013-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-013-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-013-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-013-973x649.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-013-508x339.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-013.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The famous department store <strong>&#8216;La Samaritaine&#8217;<\/strong> in Art Nouveau and Art Deco style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-012-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-012-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-012-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-012-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-012-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-012-973x649.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-012-508x339.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-012.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The exhibition hall &#8216;Grand Palais&#8217; and the Alexandre III bridge <\/strong>were built for the World Fair of 1900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-003-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-003-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-003-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-003-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-003-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-003-973x649.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-003-508x339.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matthissens-andre-paris-003.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The bridge over the Seine &#8216;Bir-Hakeim&#8217;,<\/strong> was built between 1903 and 1905.  The lower level is for pedestrians and cyclists.  On the upper level runs Paris metro line 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>During the lockdowns it was the Demer&#8217;s turn.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0001-cover-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13351\" style=\"width:580px;height:412px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0001-cover-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0001-cover-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0001-cover-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0001-cover-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0001-cover-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0001-cover-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I followed the course of the Demer from its source in Tongeren to Werchter, where it joins the Dijle.  Both rivers flow on together towards Antwerp, where they reach the North Sea via the Scheldt. <br>Following the Demer was also a bit of a homecoming for me. Just like the Demer, I come from Tongeren, the heart of Limburg, and I found my way to Aarschot, the Pearl of the Hageland.  Meandering along or on the Demer, definitely do it!&#8221;\u00a0&#8211; Andr\u00e9 Matthijssens <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0003-begin-einde-demer-andre-matthijssens-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0003-begin-einde-demer-andre-matthijssens-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0003-begin-einde-demer-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0003-begin-einde-demer-andre-matthijssens-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0003-begin-einde-demer-andre-matthijssens-1536x1095.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0003-begin-einde-demer-andre-matthijssens-2048x1460.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0003-begin-einde-demer-andre-matthijssens-973x694.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0003-begin-einde-demer-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0004-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0004-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0004-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0004-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0004-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0004-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0004-demerloop-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE DEMER<\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>IN LANGDORP<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Because you belong to the world,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">you can lie down in the grass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and watch the clouds.  There are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">animals in the clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Animals disappear and other<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">animals appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The animals in the clouds drift<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">with the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah Michaux, poet &#8211; philosopher  (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0006-diest-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0006-diest-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0006-diest-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0006-diest-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0006-diest-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0006-diest-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0006-diest-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>DEMER MEETING PLACE IN DIEST<\/em><\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">lies on the Boerenkrijkplein, just outside the city walls of Diest.  In the 18th century the cannons were positioned there to defend the town against the advancing enemy.  From now on those cannons become places of rest (they are benches) and you can rediscover a long-forgotten view of the Demer and the city walls.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>THE DEMER AND DIEST&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">he longs for her dance, her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">soft bustle, cyan ballet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">the oldest thing he knows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">she lies in him, she makes flow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">her years in his stones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">remembers the roads to his heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I expect, says Diest, your sweet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">mouth, I want to sit on your benches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and watch the wind, she is silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and laughs and comes, she keeps flowing Demer through him<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I never feel, says Diest, lost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">people come to live in me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">in your valley I build my home, she is silent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and always points to where she looks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">ahead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">he caresses her gold with green bends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">uses the tips of his towers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and washes her tears through his<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">she rustles and paints his soul blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I set you free, says Diest, but I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">do not exist without you tumbled,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">she splashes, I shall, she says<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">never leave you, ever<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Goyvaerts &#8211; city poet of Diest 2016-2018 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0008-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0008-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0008-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0008-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0008-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0008-demerloop-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0008-demerloop-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE DEMER IN LANGDORP<\/em><\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Cycle ride along the Demer&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I cycled along the Demer.  I remember it <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It was the first cycle ride in summer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">along the Demer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I did it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">to get to know the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The ground on which I would so often put my<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">feet down.  How different it <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">feels when you cross a border<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">of wide rivers and polder land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I also did it because it was a mild<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">summer evening and the air trembled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">like young flowers in the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I pedalled, pedalled, pedalled along water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">that carried me along in a narrow stream,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">to wherever, with waving reed plumes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">on the banks, water plants, wild bushes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cows under the broad canopy of a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">thick tree looked at me casually<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">as if they knew no difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I cycled along the Demer.  Because you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">asked me to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You asked on a warm summer evening<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">whether I felt like cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I said: Yes. Gladly.  I like cycling with you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">along water and meadows of this village<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">because it is you with whom I cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Because you ask me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Hannie Rouweler, poet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">2014 Poems about the Demer (19 poets from the Netherlands and Flanders)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0010-zichem-004-lr-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13358\" style=\"width:580px;height:412px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0010-zichem-004-lr-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0010-zichem-004-lr-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0010-zichem-004-lr-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0010-zichem-004-lr-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0010-zichem-004-lr-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0010-zichem-004-lr-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE DEMER<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>IN ZICHEM.   <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Handmade flat-bottomed boat from the 19th century.  The boat transported, among other things, hay for the royal horses from Zichem to Brussels.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0012-zichem-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0012-zichem-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0012-zichem-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0012-zichem-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0012-zichem-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0012-zichem-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0012-zichem-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>DEMER DETAIL BOAT.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0016-langdorp-002-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0016-langdorp-002-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0016-langdorp-002-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0016-langdorp-002-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0016-langdorp-002-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0016-langdorp-002-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0016-langdorp-002-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>DEMER<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0014-langdorp-003-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0014-langdorp-003-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0014-langdorp-003-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0014-langdorp-003-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0014-langdorp-003-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0014-langdorp-003-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0014-langdorp-003-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artwork that stood along the Demer in 2020 by the sculptor Wilfried De Cock from Rillaar.   www.atelier-venustas.be <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0018-demerloop-005-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0018-demerloop-005-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0018-demerloop-005-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0018-demerloop-005-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0018-demerloop-005-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0018-demerloop-005-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0018-demerloop-005-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>DEMER<\/em><\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0020-aarschot-006-lr-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0020-aarschot-006-lr-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0020-aarschot-006-lr-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0020-aarschot-006-lr-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0020-aarschot-006-lr-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0020-aarschot-006-lr-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0020-aarschot-006-lr-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pater Raskinkade, Aarschot. <\/strong>&#8220;Whoever loves this city sees a human being behind every grey facade.&#8221;  A line from the poem &#8220;La ville en Marche&#8221; by the Flemish poet Jo Govaerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;La ville en marche&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Whoever loves this city<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">sees behind every grey facade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">a human being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It is not in the most beautiful houses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">that the most beautiful lives are lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This is what I want to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I love this city,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">this abandoned, battered, divided one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I may die before my time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">of lung cancer, or knocked down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">That is not her fault,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">but that of those who do not love her enough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">to surrender to her at walking pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jo Govaerts (2006)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"478\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 848 \/ 478;\" width=\"848\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/VIDEO-2025-02-04-14-02-251.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aarschot from a bird&#8217;s-eye view<\/strong>, 4 February 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0022-aarschot-007-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0022-aarschot-007-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0022-aarschot-007-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0022-aarschot-007-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0022-aarschot-007-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0022-aarschot-007-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0022-aarschot-007-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE DEMER<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>IN AARSCHOT.<\/em><\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0024-werchter-001-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0024-werchter-001-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0024-werchter-001-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0024-werchter-001-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0024-werchter-001-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0024-werchter-001-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0024-werchter-001-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE DEMER IN WERCHTER. <\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0026-betekom-006-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0026-betekom-006-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0026-betekom-006-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0026-betekom-006-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0026-betekom-006-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0026-betekom-006-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0026-betekom-006-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE DEMER DETAIL BRIDGE<\/em><\/strong>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aarschot-001-lr-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aarschot-001-lr-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aarschot-001-lr-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aarschot-001-lr-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aarschot-001-lr-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aarschot-001-lr-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aarschot-001-lr-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE DEMER<\/em> <em>IN AARSCHOT.  <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"478\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 848 \/ 478;\" width=\"848\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/VIDEO-2025-01-10-09-53-541.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Langdorp<\/strong>, 10 January 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-010-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-010-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-010-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-010-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-010-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-010-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-010-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">90&#215;120 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DETAIL OF THE<\/strong> <strong>HOOGBRUG<\/strong> <strong><em>IN AARSCHOT  <\/em><\/strong>&#8211; Triptych <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>De Hoogbrug&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Under the Hoogbrug passes the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Demer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and our love, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">how must I get used to it, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">only after sorrow do you come to know<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Night falls, the bells strike, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">the days slip by and I remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We leaned over the balustrade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and beneath us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">beneath us flows the water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and what our eyes see cannot be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">guessed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Night falls, the bells strike,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">the days slip by and I remain.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Love passes, washes away like the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">water,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">love washes away,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">how slow life is and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">how shameful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">our expectations are!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Night falls, the bells strike,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">the days slip by and I remain.  Time passes, the days, weeks, months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Love and time <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">cannot be repeated. Under the Hoogbrug the water passes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Night falls, the bells strike, the days slip by and I remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Le pont Mirabeau&#8221; by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918)  &#8211; translation Jos Houtsma &#8211; adapted for the occasion by Pieter to the Hoogbrug in Aarschot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-002-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-002-andre-matthijssens-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-002-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-002-andre-matthijssens-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-002-andre-matthijssens-973x693.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-002-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/betekom-002-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Detail Rivierenbrug  Betekom. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The bridge was named after the lords of Rivieren, who owned a castle south of the location of the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">In August 2017 the bridge became one of the &#8216;Demerpoorten&#8217; (Demer Gates), five tourist spots along the Demer, on the initiative of the province of Flemish Brabant. The artwork on the bridge represents a toll house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zichem-002-andre-matthijssens-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zichem-002-andre-matthijssens-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zichem-002-andre-matthijssens-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zichem-002-andre-matthijssens-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zichem-002-andre-matthijssens-973x694.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zichem-002-andre-matthijssens-508x362.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zichem-002-andre-matthijssens.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mesure-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE DEMER<\/em><\/strong>.  boat detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thumbnail_6021562d-eef8-47a9-9791-9e41d27b2e56-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thumbnail_6021562d-eef8-47a9-9791-9e41d27b2e56-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thumbnail_6021562d-eef8-47a9-9791-9e41d27b2e56-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thumbnail_6021562d-eef8-47a9-9791-9e41d27b2e56-768x576.jpg 768w, 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night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">she hears the rustling of grass, of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">mice in the grass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">who weep just like the roses that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">always closed, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">bare branches clatter with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">bird sorrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nederlands-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sarah Michaux, poet &#8211; philosopher <\/strong>(2021)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-052.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-052.jpeg 886w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-052-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-052-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-052-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-052-88x88.jpeg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-052-508x508.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-051.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-051.jpeg 886w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-051-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-051-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-051-768x765.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-051-88x88.jpeg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/barcelona-andre-matthijssens-051-508x506.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-002_2k8-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-002_2k8-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-002_2k8-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-002_2k8-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-002_2k8-973x608.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-002_2k8-508x318.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-000_2k8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-000_2k8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-000_2k8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-000_2k8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-000_2k8-973x649.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-000_2k8-508x339.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-009_2k8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-009_2k8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-009_2k8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-009_2k8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-009_2k8-973x649.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-station-009_2k8-508x339.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Former water bottling plant &#8216;Cristal Monopol<\/strong>&#8216; <strong>in Aarschot<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-004_2k8-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-004_2k8-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-004_2k8-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-004_2k8-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-004_2k8-973x558.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-004_2k8-508x291.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-011_2k8-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-011_2k8-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-011_2k8-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-011_2k8-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-011_2k8-973x657.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-011_2k8-508x343.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-014_2k8-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2544\" style=\"width:580px;height:330px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-014_2k8-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-014_2k8-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-014_2k8-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-014_2k8-973x554.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-014_2k8-508x289.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-030_2k8-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-030_2k8-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-030_2k8-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-030_2k8-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-030_2k8-973x1409.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-030_2k8-508x736.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-030_2k8.jpg 1989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-023_2k8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-023_2k8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-023_2k8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-023_2k8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-023_2k8-973x649.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-023_2k8-508x339.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-015_2k8-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-015_2k8-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-015_2k8-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-015_2k8-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-015_2k8-973x554.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-aarschot-cristal-monopol-015_2k8-508x289.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>s\u2019Hertogenmolens<\/strong>:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-03februari_2k8-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-03februari_2k8-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-03februari_2k8-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-03februari_2k8-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-03februari_2k8-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-03februari_2k8-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-046_2k8-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-046_2k8-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-046_2k8-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-046_2k8-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-046_2k8-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-046_2k8-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04april_2k8-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04april_2k8-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04april_2k8-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04april_2k8-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04april_2k8-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04april_2k8-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Bronze statue <strong>&#8216;Demerwachter&#8217;<\/strong> on the Grote Markt in Aarschot by Roland Rens.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04maart_2k8-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5341\" style=\"width:580px;height:413px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04maart_2k8-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04maart_2k8-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04maart_2k8-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04maart_2k8-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Matthijssens-andre-04maart_2k8-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bronze statue &#8216;De bleiter&#8217; at the town park in Aarschot by Maarten Ceulemans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">REPORTAGE PARIS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-002_2k8-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-002_2k8-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-002_2k8-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-002_2k8-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-002_2k8-973x646.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-002_2k8-508x337.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-002_2k8.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-001_2k8-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-001_2k8-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-001_2k8-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-001_2k8-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-001_2k8-1-973x730.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-001_2k8-1-508x381.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-011_2k8-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-011_2k8-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-011_2k8-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-011_2k8-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-011_2k8-2-973x646.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-011_2k8-2-508x337.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-011_2k8-2.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-007_2k8-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-007_2k8-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-007_2k8-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-007_2k8-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-007_2k8-2-973x646.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-007_2k8-2-508x337.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-007_2k8-2.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-004_2k8-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-004_2k8-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-004_2k8-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-004_2k8-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-004_2k8-973x646.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-004_2k8-508x337.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-004_2k8.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-006_2k8-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-006_2k8-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-006_2k8-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-006_2k8-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-006_2k8-973x646.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-006_2k8-508x337.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-parijs-006_2k8.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>REPORTAGE BERLIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-0-cover-2k-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-0-cover-2k-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-0-cover-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-0-cover-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-0-cover-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-0-cover-2k-508x302.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-0-cover-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-2-februari-2k-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-2-februari-2k-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-2-februari-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-2-februari-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-2-februari-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-2-februari-2k-508x302.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-2-februari-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-5-mei-2k-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-5-mei-2k-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-5-mei-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-5-mei-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-5-mei-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-5-mei-2k-508x302.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-5-mei-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-9-september-2k-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-9-september-2k-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-9-september-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-9-september-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-9-september-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-9-september-2k-508x302.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-9-september-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-8-augustus-2k-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-8-augustus-2k-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-8-augustus-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-8-augustus-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-8-augustus-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-8-augustus-2k-508x303.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-8-augustus-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-11-november-2k-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-11-november-2k-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-11-november-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-11-november-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-11-november-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-11-november-2k-508x302.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-11-november-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-10-oktober-2k-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-10-oktober-2k-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-10-oktober-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-10-oktober-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-10-oktober-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-10-oktober-2k-508x302.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-10-oktober-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-7-juli-2k-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2505\" style=\"width:590px;height:351px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-7-juli-2k-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-7-juli-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-7-juli-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-7-juli-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-7-juli-2k-508x303.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-7-juli-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-4-april-2k-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-4-april-2k-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-4-april-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-4-april-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-4-april-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-4-april-2k-508x303.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-berlijn-4-april-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REPORTAGE LONDON:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-002-jan-2k-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-002-jan-2k-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-002-jan-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-002-jan-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-002-jan-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-002-jan-2k-508x303.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-002-jan-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-012-nov-2k-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-012-nov-2k-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-012-nov-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-012-nov-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-012-nov-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-012-nov-2k-508x303.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-012-nov-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-010-sept-2k-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-010-sept-2k-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-010-sept-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-010-sept-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-010-sept-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-010-sept-2k-508x302.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-010-sept-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-013-dec-2k-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-013-dec-2k-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-013-dec-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-013-dec-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-013-dec-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-013-dec-2k-508x303.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-013-dec-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-007-juni-2k-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-007-juni-2k-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-007-juni-2k-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-007-juni-2k-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-007-juni-2k-973x579.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-007-juni-2k-508x302.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-londen-007-juni-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REPORTAGE NEW YORK:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-13-2k-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-13-2k-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-13-2k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-13-2k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-13-2k-973x649.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-13-2k-508x339.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-13-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-16-2k-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-16-2k-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-16-2k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-16-2k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-16-2k-973x649.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-16-2k-508x339.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-16-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-46-2k-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-46-2k-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-46-2k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-46-2k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-46-2k-973x649.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-46-2k-508x339.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-46-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-63-2k-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-63-2k-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-63-2k-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-63-2k-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-63-2k-973x1460.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-63-2k-508x762.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-63-2k.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-48-2k-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-48-2k-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-48-2k-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-48-2k-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-48-2k-973x1460.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-48-2k-508x762.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-48-2k.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-54-2k-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-54-2k-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-54-2k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-54-2k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-54-2k-973x649.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-54-2k-508x339.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-54-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-41-2k-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-41-2k-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-41-2k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-41-2k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-41-2k-973x649.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-41-2k-508x339.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-new-york-41-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REPORTAGE HONG KONG:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-001-18x24cm-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Matthijssens\" class=\"wp-image-7297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-001-18x24cm-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-001-18x24cm-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-001-18x24cm-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-001-18x24cm-1536x1096.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-001-18x24cm-2048x1461.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-001-18x24cm-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-001-18x24cm-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-k003-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Matthijssens\" class=\"wp-image-7302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-k003-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-k003-18x24cm-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-k003-18x24cm-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-k003-18x24cm-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-k003-18x24cm-2048x1460.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-k003-18x24cm-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-k003-18x24cm-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-014-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Matthijssens\" class=\"wp-image-7300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-014-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-014-18x24cm-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-014-18x24cm-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-014-18x24cm-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-014-18x24cm-2048x1460.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-014-18x24cm-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-014-18x24cm-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-004-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Matthijssens\" class=\"wp-image-7298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-004-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-004-18x24cm-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-004-18x24cm-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-004-18x24cm-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-004-18x24cm-2048x1460.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-004-18x24cm-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-004-18x24cm-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-009-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Matthijssens\" class=\"wp-image-7299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-009-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-009-18x24cm-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-009-18x24cm-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-009-18x24cm-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-009-18x24cm-2048x1460.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-009-18x24cm-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-009-18x24cm-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-016-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Matthijssens\" class=\"wp-image-7301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-016-18x24cm-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-016-18x24cm-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-016-18x24cm-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-016-18x24cm-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-016-18x24cm-2048x1460.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-016-18x24cm-973x694.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/matthijssens-andre-016-18x24cm-508x362.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REPORTAGE ROTTERDAM:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-010-september-2k-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-010-september-2k-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-010-september-2k-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-010-september-2k-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-010-september-2k-973x603.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-010-september-2k-508x315.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-010-september-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-006-mei-2k-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-006-mei-2k-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-006-mei-2k-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-006-mei-2k-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-006-mei-2k-973x602.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-006-mei-2k-508x314.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-006-mei-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-008-juli-2k-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-008-juli-2k-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-008-juli-2k-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-008-juli-2k-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-008-juli-2k-973x602.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-008-juli-2k-508x314.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-rotterdam-008-juli-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>REPORTAGE DUBAI:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-6_2k8-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-6_2k8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-6_2k8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-6_2k8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-6_2k8-973x1460.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-6_2k8-508x762.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-6_2k8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-10_2k8-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-10_2k8-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-10_2k8-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-10_2k8-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-10_2k8-973x623.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-10_2k8-508x325.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-011_2k8-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-011_2k8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-011_2k8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-011_2k8-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-011_2k8-973x1458.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-011_2k8-508x761.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-011_2k8.jpg 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-44_2k8-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-44_2k8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-44_2k8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-44_2k8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-44_2k8-973x1460.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-44_2k8-508x762.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/andre-matthijssens-dubai-44_2k8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of sympathy:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-3216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k-973x973.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k-508x508.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/andre-matthijssens-de-sheriff-02-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans &#8220;De Sheriff&#8221; Bellens &#8211; Aarschot local character  (1945-2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Color Grafie&#8221;, a first by the photographer Andr\u00e9 Matthijssens<\/strong> (2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-004-Simply-Sublime-907x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-004-Simply-Sublime-907x1024.jpg 907w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-004-Simply-Sublime-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-004-Simply-Sublime-768x868.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-004-Simply-Sublime-1360x1536.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-004-Simply-Sublime-973x1099.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-004-Simply-Sublime-508x574.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-004-Simply-Sublime.jpg 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Simply Sublime<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">acrylic on canvas &#8211; 86 x 86 cm with frame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything Andr\u00e9j could paint with was put to use: spatulas, brushes, pipettes, tubes, straws, etc. And with his strumming fingers he played, in his imagination, a sonata in red, green and blue, and he feels completely at home in the universe of abstract expressionism, where the action is not a tool but a goal.<br>Andr\u00e9&#8217;s drip paintings go hand in hand with a lot of &#8216;action&#8217;, because sometimes he even throws himself into it body and soul and &#8230; a canvas has to lie flat, not stand.<br>The remuage: Angelo remembered from a visit to Reims that in champagne production a special turning technique (the remuage) is used to remove the remaining yeast deposit. He set to work with that, but because paint dries relatively quickly the intensity of the turning was increased and a watch was kept day and night to make the paint change direction, with a surprising result at times.   For Andr\u00e9, the recognisability of what is painted, the figurative, is secondary. As long as the dynamics and energy are expressed on the canvas, it is perfect for him.  Viewers often asked him, &#8216;What do you see in this?&#8217; and so his muse was given the task of adding a name and a story to each work.  You can also give your own imagination free rein on it, or simply enjoy the pleasant chaos on the canvas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-019-Nostalgic-Optimism-1-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-019-Nostalgic-Optimism-1-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-019-Nostalgic-Optimism-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-019-Nostalgic-Optimism-1-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-019-Nostalgic-Optimism-1-1536x982.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-019-Nostalgic-Optimism-1-2048x1310.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-019-Nostalgic-Optimism-1-973x622.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-019-Nostalgic-Optimism-1-508x325.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nostalgic Optimism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">acrylic on canvas &#8211; wooden frame &#8211; 70 x 105 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why does a person want to start painting at 77? Perhaps it was an old dream that had been simmering for a long time&#8230; Andr\u00e9 Matthijssens has been active as a photographer for 55 years. In that time he wrote masterly compositions with light, lighting and colour. As an analogue-trained photographer, the DOKA (darkroom) holds no secrets for him and he knows like no other how chemistry can influence image and colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-020-Vibrant-Pink-Coral-glowing-in-the-Clarity-of-the-Ocean-1024x979.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-020-Vibrant-Pink-Coral-glowing-in-the-Clarity-of-the-Ocean-1024x979.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-020-Vibrant-Pink-Coral-glowing-in-the-Clarity-of-the-Ocean-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-020-Vibrant-Pink-Coral-glowing-in-the-Clarity-of-the-Ocean-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-020-Vibrant-Pink-Coral-glowing-in-the-Clarity-of-the-Ocean-1536x1469.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-020-Vibrant-Pink-Coral-glowing-in-the-Clarity-of-the-Ocean-2048x1958.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-020-Vibrant-Pink-Coral-glowing-in-the-Clarity-of-the-Ocean-973x930.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-020-Vibrant-Pink-Coral-glowing-in-the-Clarity-of-the-Ocean-508x486.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vibrant pink<\/strong> <strong>coral glowing in the clarity of the ocean<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">acrylic on metal 74 x 74 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From writing with light to experimenting with paint is only a small step here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-025-Embrace-the-Challenge-991x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-025-Embrace-the-Challenge-991x1024.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-025-Embrace-the-Challenge-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-025-Embrace-the-Challenge-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-025-Embrace-the-Challenge-1487x1536.jpg 1487w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-025-Embrace-the-Challenge-1982x2048.jpg 1982w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-025-Embrace-the-Challenge-973x1005.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-025-Embrace-the-Challenge-508x525.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Embrace the Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">acrylic on canvas &#8211; framed 86 x 86 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially it looked more like a re-enactment of the big bang theory, as in &#8216;paint all over the place&#8217; &#8230;. But at lightning speed he mastered several techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything he could paint with was put to use: spatulas, brushes, pipettes, tubes, straws, etc. And with his strumming fingers he played, in his imagination, a piano sonata in red, green and blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The techniques became more refined and the end result got better, even good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-011-Mother-Earth-1024x672.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-011-Mother-Earth-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-011-Mother-Earth-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-011-Mother-Earth-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-011-Mother-Earth-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-011-Mother-Earth-2048x1343.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-011-Mother-Earth-973x638.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-011-Mother-Earth-508x333.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mother Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">acrylic + sand on canvas with wooden frame 70 x 105 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile we wanted to know in which pigeonhole he belonged as a &#8216;painter&#8217;. Google Lens took us without delay to abstract expressionism, where action painting is not a tool but a goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-695x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-1043x1536.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-1391x2048.jpg 1391w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-973x1433.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-508x748.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-005-Object-of-Desire-scaled.jpg 1738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Object of Desire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">acrylic on canvas &#8211; framed 85 x 115 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andr\u00e9&#8217;s painting with pouring and dripping techniques goes hand in hand with a lot of &#8216;Action&#8217;, because sometimes he even throws himself into it body and soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-016-The-Cradle-of-all-Life-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-016-The-Cradle-of-all-Life-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-016-The-Cradle-of-all-Life-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-016-The-Cradle-of-all-Life-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-016-The-Cradle-of-all-Life-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-016-The-Cradle-of-all-Life-2048x1534.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-016-The-Cradle-of-all-Life-973x729.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-016-The-Cradle-of-all-Life-508x380.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Cradle of all Life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">acrylic on canvas with frame 116 x 127 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Painting is strumming a piano sonata with your fingers in Red, Green and Blue&#8221; -Andr\u00e9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-973x973.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Expo-002-Floral-Splendor-508x508.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Floral Splendor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">acrylic on canvas &#8211; with metal frame 64 x 64 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Revival of metal frames. 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