Maurice Wyckaert

(Brussels 1923 - 1996)
Levensboom (Tree of life)
Signed and dated 70 lower right
Oil on canvas, 99.8 x 119.4 cm
Provenance:
- Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer, Amsterdam (inv.no. 16231)
- Private collection, the Netherlands
Exhibited:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Eyeopener, Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer (1945-2006), 30 June - 16 September 2018
Note:
In 1969 Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer sprang a surprise by mounting a group show of the art of five Belgian painters, including Maurice Wyckaert. De Boer's clients were accustomed to quite, intimite work. This riot of colour may have come as a shock to them, for virtually no one attended the opening. However, a year later, during a solo exhibition of Wyckaert's work, his colourful landscape images finally found an appreciative audience.
The proceeds of this lot are donated to the Rembrandt Association (Vereniging Rembrandt).