Will Kesseler

	Will Kesseler Will Kesseler (17 August 1899 - 24 September 1983) was a Luxembourgish painter, considered to be one of nation’s best Colourists. After having taught art, he left the country for the former Belgian Congo and Chad, where he was employed as a project manager for various railway construction companies. These periods abroad deeply influenced his very varied artistic production, which includes still life, flowers, Congo and Luxembourg landscapes, figures, nudes and abstract work. After his rather academic beginnings, the artist, who twice received the Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe (1946 and 1950), turned in 1951 to abstract painting. His Africa inspired gouaches are characterised, as are his other paintings, by expanses of solid colours, pure, vigorous, intense and luminous with strong bold contrasts in which yellow, blue, red and above all contrasting greens dominate. Dynamic geometrical, curving and undulating shapes harmoniously intersect or are superimposed, giving familiar figurative g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg City, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union and hosts several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU. As part of the Low Countries, Luxembourg has close historic, political, and cultural ties to Belgium and the Netherlands. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are greatly influenced by France and Germany: Luxembourgish, a Germanic language, is the only recognized national language of the Luxembourgish people and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; French is the sole language for legislation; and both languages along with German are used for administrative matters. With an area of , Luxembourg is Europe's seventh-smallest count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Colourist Painting Colourist painting is a style of painting characterised by the use of intense colour, which becomes the dominant feature of the resultant work of art, more important than its other qualities. It has been associated with a number of artists and art movements throughout the 20th century. Influences The French Impressionism movement of the 19th century was influential on the development of Colourist painting and other similar movements such as Fauvism and Expressionism. Impressionists like Claude Monet were known for their use of colour to represent shadow and light, something that later movements would incorporate into their own styles. Impressionists also moved away from more neutral colours such as black or brown, instead using unblended and bright colours, something that differentiated their style from others. Impressionism would prove to be a highly influential movement, with later art movements such as Fauvism taking on similar stylistic choices. Styles Aspects of colourist p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Belgian Congo The Belgian Congo (, ; ) was a Belgian colonial empire, Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960 and became the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colonization of the Congo Basin, Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. Leopold II of the Belgians, King Leopold II of the Belgians attempted to persuade the Federal Government of Belgium, Belgian government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexploited Congo Basin. Their ambivalence resulted in Leopold establishing a colony himself. With support from a number of Berlin Conference, Western countries, Leopold achieved international recognition of the Congo Free State in 1885. By the turn of the century, the violence used by Free State officials against indigenous Congolese and a ruthless system of economic exploitation led to intense diplomatic pressure on Belgium to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central African Republic to Central African Republic–Chad border, the south, Cameroon to Cameroon–Chad border, the southwest, Nigeria to Chad–Nigeria border, the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to Chad–Niger border, the west. Chad has a population of 19 million, of which 1.6 million live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around , Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the List of countries and dependencies by area, twentieth largest nation by area. Chad has several regions: the Sahara desert in the north, an arid zone in the centre known as the Sahel, and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe The Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe (Grand-Duke Adolphe Prize) is a Luxembourgian art award awarded every year to one or more artists exhibiting at the ''Salon Artistique'' of the ''Cercle artistique de Luxembourg'' (CAL). The award is named after Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg who created the prize in 1902, on the initiative of his wife Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, who herself was a painter. Award Recipients {{columns-list, colwidth=30em, * 1902: Jean Mich, Sculptor. * 1903: ''No prize awarded.'' * 1904: Dominique Lang and Frantz Seimetz, Painters. * 1905: Albert Breisch, Goldsmith. * 1906: Guido Oppenheim, Painter. * 1907: Auguste van Werveke and Jean Curot, Painters. * 1908: Joseph-Germain Strock, Painter. * 1909: Jean-Baptiste Wercollier and Claus Cito, Sculptors. * 1910: Paul Wigreux, Architect. * 1911: Pierre Blanc, Painter. * 1912: ''No prize awarded.'' * 1913: Angélina Drumaux, Painter, and Etienne Galowich, Metal artist. * 1914: Nicolas Birnbaum and Pierre Kipgen, Appli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Luxembourgian People This is a list of people from Luxembourg. Politics Jean of Luxembourg (1921–2019), former Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (born 1955), current Grand Duke Victor Bodson (1902–1984), justice minister, Righteous Among the Nations Jean-Claude Juncker (born 1954), Luxembourg prime minister, EC president Jacques Santer (born 1937), Luxembourg prime minister, EC president Martine Schommer (born 1961), diplomat Robert Schuman (1886–1963), French prime minister, EU co-founder Gaston Thorn (1928–2007), Luxembourg politician, EC president Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Luxembourg prime minister, EEC figure Arts and culture Pol Albrecht (1874–1975), composer * Louis Beicht (1886–1943), composer * Charles Bernhoeft (1859–1933), photographer * Emile Boeres (1890–1944), composer * Pierre Brandebourg (1824–1878), painter and photographer * Josy Braun (1938–2012), writer * Elisabeth Calmes (born 1947), painter Sandrine Cantoreggi (born 1969), violinist Sophie Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]