October 6, 2012

Constant Permeke - Flemish Expressionist - Retrospective




Bozar - October 11, 2012-January 20, 2013

The last major retrospective devoted to Constant Permeke took place in The Hague in 2004, so it is high time for a tribute to this distinctive Flemish expressionist. Permeke, who died sixty years ago in Ostend, had a unique empathy with the hard lives of fishermen and peasants, working people with an intimate bond with the land and the sea.....

Curator: Willy Van den Bussche, Honorary Chief Conservator of PMMK Oostende and PMCP Jabbeke