MASEREEL, Frans (1889 Blankenberge - 1972 Avignon)

Street district in Avignon - Quartier de la rue Avignon

* Masereel, important Belgian artist, painter, watercolorist, draughtsman, caricaturist, graphic artist, illustrator, publisher, lecturer, studied at the academy in Ghent, active in Paris from 1910. 1915-1921 in Switzerland, after 1940 active in Avignon and Nice. 1947-1951 Professor at the Academy in Saarbrücken. 1953 President of the Société Internationale des Graveurs sur Bois XYLON in Zurich, regularly represented at numerous international exhibitions, works in international museums.

Literature : De Gruyter (2015), Thieme-Becker (1930), Vollmer (1956, 1962), Piron (1989) Belgian Artist's Signatures page 300.

Provenance : * Partner auction Bergmann (the responsibility for legally compliant consignment and description lies with Auktionshaus Bergmann, Erlangen), Collection Kurt Adelsberger, part 3