Luc PEIRE, 1916-1994 Iowa, 1968 oil on canvas,... Lot 48

Luc PEIRE, 1916-1994 Iowa, 1968 oil on canvas, signed and numbered on the back: 787, artist's label on back of stretcher with title and # 787, label on back of stretcher: 34th Venice International Art Biennale, 1968 with no. 622 shipping label Delamare et Cie Auckland via Bruxelles 130 x 89 cm. This work is listed under n°ILP (Identification Luc Peire) 787 in the register kept by the artist until his death. For further information on the Luc Peire Foundation, visit www.lucpeire.com BIBLIOGRAPHY PEIRE, Marc, De ateliers van Luc Peire [Jenny Peire-Verbruggen], Ludion, Gent-Amsterdam, 2001, p. 71. PEIRE-VERBRUGGEN, Jenny, De ateliers van Luc Peire, Ludion, Gent-Amsterdam, 2001, p. 70. PEIRE, Marc & SOETAERT, Els, Luc Peire, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, Editions LANNOO, 2005, described and reproduced in color as no. 1011, p. 257. PEIRE, Marc (2005), Luc Peire. An Artist's Life 1916-1994', in: PEIRE, Marc & SOETAERT, Els, Luc Peire. Catalog Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Lannoo, Tielt, 2005, p. 103. PEIRE, Marc (2005), STICHTING/FONDATION JENNY & LUC PEIRE, Bulletin 3, Knokke-Dorp, 07.2005, p. 11. PEIRE, Marc (2016), Van wand naar ruimte. Onderzoek naar de invloed van het 'al fresco' op het werk van Luc Peire. Proefschrift voorgelegd tot het behalen van de graad van Doctor in de Kunstwetenschappen, Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte. Promotor Prof. dr. Steven Jacobs. University Press (Zelzate), Gent, 12.2016 (verdediging 03.03.2017), p. 406. EXHIBITIONS Venice Biennale, Belgian pavilion, 06-22 to 10-20-1968. Luc Peire receives the Gavina Prize for his Environment. Studio Exagon, Knokke, 06-27 to 09-14-1969, no. 9. Centrum voor Kunstambachten, Sint-Piertersabdij, Ghent, 4-12-1969 to 18-01-1970, n°72. Chemins de la création Peintures Sculptures, Château d'Ancy-le-Franc, 27-06 to 6-09-1970 (no n°). Also included - M. Seuphor, Luc Peire, Desclée de Brouwer Edition, 1965. - R. Hirsch, P. Volboudt, Luc Peire Environnement, no date, with dedication. - R. Hirsch, The Paradox of reasoned Fire: Luc Peire, Art International, October 1967, Vol. XI-8. - Luc Peire, Galleria Lorenzelli, Bergamo, 1970. - G. Xuriguera, Luc Peire, Carmen Martinez éditions, 1976, with dedication. - Aspecten Luc Peire, Stedelijk Cultureel Centrum, 1976. - G. Xuriguera, Luc Peire, O.G.C. Michèle Brouta éditeur, 1984, with dedication. - R. Hirsch, P. Volboudt, Luc Peire Environnement, undated, with dedication. Provenance: Henry GALY-CARLES Collection. Luc Peire was born in Bruges, Belgium, in 1916. After studying at the Beaux-Arts in Bruges and Saint-Luc in Ghent, and at the Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts in Antwerp, he embraced Flemish Expressionism, collaborating with painter Constant Permeke from 1935. In 1949, he married Jenny Verbuggen, who supported him throughout his career. After briefly joining the Jeune Peinture Belge group, he turned to geometry with the support of painter, writer and art critic Michel Seuphor. Luc Peire moved to Paris in 1959. In the 60s, he invented his Graphies: contrasting stripes of thicker or thinner lines. Referring to the verticals, he says that "man only exists standing up". He was awarded the Gravina Prize at the 1968 Venice Biennale. The artist traveled and exhibited extensively throughout the world. Luc Peire died in Paris in 1994. The following year, the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Anvers devoted a major retrospective to his work. The Atelier Luc Peire - Fondation Jenny et Luc Peire in Knokke, Belgium, which opened to the public in 2003, was created in the artist's will. "Always unique, Luc Peire's painting is conceived with weight, and has allowed itself to be gently and consciously invaded by the vertical, without any bias. He paints far from violence, ignoring aggression. This explains the secret modulations that are often so gentle in a painting devoid of severity. Soothing, almost "pacifist", it symbolizes freedom. This unconditional freedom stems from the fact that Luc Peire is nobody's heir. Patrick-Gilles Persin, Catalogue of the Luc Peire exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg.