Frits Berghe - Artist Info

About Frits Berghe

  • Biography

    After his return from the Netherlands and his brief stay with Constant Permeke in Ostend, the graceful curves of the river Lys lured Frits Van den Berghe to Bachte-Maria-Leerne and Afsnee.

    Following the turbulent war years, a period of tranquility and relief came for the artist. He was in close contact with intellectuals such as André De Ridder and Paul Gustave Van Hecke, promoters of new expressionist art, and took part in the founding of the art magazine Sélection in 1920.

    Influenced by fauvist and cubist design he created a combination of expressionist and surrealist elements. Art historian Emile Langui described his work during this time as: “ A bright variety of colors. The gloomy spectrum of earthy ton...

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