Marcel Lempereur-Haut (1898,

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– 1986,

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) was a Belgian painter. He took drawing lessons at the Liège Academy of Fine Arts where he obtained a diploma in surveying and, after

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he worked as a technical draughtsman. In 1920, he joined the group publishing the ''Anthologie'' art magazine. He started his artistic career by producing book illustrations and prints, mostly inspired by

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. He produced his first

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in 1921, and in 1922 befriended

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. From 1932, he participated in the exhibitions of the musicalist artists. He lived in Paris from 1945 to 1958, and participated in the exhibitions of the ''

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''. At this stage, his work mainly comprised combinations of circles, spirals and stars. His later works were mostly decorative. Lempereur-Haut continued to paint into at least his late seventies, limiting himself to crayons on cardboard after a

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operation in 1976 restricted his vision. A

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of his work was held in Lille in 1985.

References

Dictionnaire des peintres belges

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Belgian abstract painters Belgian cubist artists 1898 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Belgian painters 20th-century Belgian male artists Belgian male painters {{Belgium-painter-stub