Born Ghent - Belgium on february 7th ,1930; deceased Hansbeke – Belgium on june 4th, 1996
| 1945-’50 | Evening classes KASK Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Ghent - Belgium |
| 1956 | Governmental Prize for Painting Oost-Vlaanderen (honorary mention)
Figuration in drawing and painting |
| 1960 | Black and white paintings (acrylic) Black, white and grey brush drawings based on plants and rock formations |
| 1665 | “Jeune Peinture” Prize Belgium Starts working on geometric forms (New Belgian Constructivism) Brush paintings and airbrush techniques in abstract forms and appearances Exhibits and selections in Germany (Hamburg, Cologne); France (Paris), Great Britain (Nottingham); Mexico (Mexico City) Olivetti Prize (honorary mention) |
| 1966 | With his spouse Jeanne Herbiet, he works on the designs and implementations of costumes, decor and casting of the theater production “Thyestes” from the Flemish author Hugo Claus/td> |
| 1968 | Works on “Moving” a wind-moving sculpture made of iron, painted in white Frank Popper Article “Origins and Development of Kinetic Art” London 1968 |
| 1970 | Exhibits with Carl Andre, Donald Judd in “Proposed Visions” Bruges and with Morellet, Struycken, Von Graevenitz in Amsterdam |
| 1973 | Paintings, drawings and reliefs, scratch drawings One man exhibit in Galerie Desbrière Paris Public-Eye exhibit in Hamburg and Nottingham |
| 1975 | Lithographs and Etchings, publications with other artists, orks in his private print shop Hansbeke Residence in Frans Masereel Centre |
| 1981 | “Cité International des Arts” Paris France |
| 1983 | Exhibit with Okuya and Terakado in Japan, Galerie Soma Tokyo |
| 1994 | Paintings and drawings. Corton steel sculptures |
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