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The Cobra Museum is pleased to present a long-awaited tribute to the Dutch-Belgian artist, Bram Bogart (b. 1921-2012). Bogart was an éminence grise of 20th century post-war painting. His artistic development took place in the turbulent transition from figurative to abstract art. At the beginning of the 1950s, Bogart was working in an attic studio in the famous warehouse on rue Santeuil in Paris, where Karel Appel and Corneille were also staying. In Paris, he developed a completely idiosyncratic abstract painting, based on an expressive treatment of paint. Bram Bogart’s monumental material paintings earned him worldwide fame.
With the aid of spaces arranged by theme, the exhibition presents highlights from this rich body of work. It brings attention to the shift from figuration to abstraction, to the characteristic painting style that Bogart built up with powerful strokes of paint, his preference for geometric compositions and his use of primary colours. The exhibition also includes work by artists with whom Bram Bogart felt strong kinship, including William Turner, Constant Permeke, Lucio Fontano, Bart van der Leck and Jan van Schoonhoven.