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Karel Dierickx

Ambrosia   1999

Karel Dierickx
Ambrosia   1999
conté-pencil on paper
42 x 29,6 cm
signed, dated and titled

Karel Dierickx
Novemberstilte  1999
pencil, pastel, gouache on paper
41,5 x 29,5 cm
signed and dated

Ambrosia   1999

Karel Dierickx
Ambrosia   1999
brown gouache on paper
29,6 x 42 cm
signed, dated and titled

Der Traum von Hieronymus Bosch, an Goya denkend   2000

Karel Dierickx
Der Traum von Hieronymus Bosch,
an Goya denkend  
1999
pencil on paper
29,5 x 41,5 cm
signed, dated and titled

Der Traum von Hieronymus Bosch, an Goya denkend   2000

Karel Dierickx
Der Traum von Hieronymus Bosch,
an Goya denkend  
2000
charcoal on paper
27 x 35,8 cm
signed and dated

Der Traum von Hieronymus Bosch, an Goya denkend   2000

Karel Dierickx
The dream of Hieronymus Busch, thinking about Goya   2000
bronze
20 x 27 x 21 cm
edition of 3, numbered 1/3 – 3/3 and monogramed KD

Ongelende Duur (I)   2002

Karel Dierickx
Ongelende Duur (I)   2002
oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm
signed and dated on the back

Le jardin No I   2002
Ongelende Duur (II)   2002

Karel Dierickx
Ongelende Duur (II)   2002
oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm
signed and dated on the back

Paysage en hivers   2002

Karel Dierickx
Le jardin No I   2002
gouache on paper
60,8 x 45,5 cm
signed and dated

Karel Dierickx
Paysage en hivers   2002
gouache, crayon on paper
39,7 x 29,8 cm
signed and dated

Memories 5  2002

Karel Dierickx
Memories 5  2002
oil on canvas
40 x 30 cm
signed, dated and titled on the back 

L' empereur  2003

Karel Dierickx
L' empereur  2003
brown pastel on paper
42 x 29,5 cm
signed, dated and titled

L' empereur  2003

Karel Dierickx
L' empereur  2003
bronze
30 x 25 x 25 cm
edition of 4 numbered and monogramed
illustration of the plaster

Karel Dierickx
The drunken mason   2001
bronze
17,5 x 27 x 16 cm
edition of 3, numbered 1/3 – 3/3 and monogramed KD

Karel Dierickx
Hommage à Morandi   2002
bronze
26 x 15,5 x 17 cm
edition of 3, numbered 1/3 – 3/3 and monogramed KD

Karel Dierickx
Figure   2004
bronze
height 66 cm
edition of 3

Literature
 

KAREL DIERICKX   -   Malerei und Zeichnungen 1995/96

Heiner Hachmeister (ed.)
KAREL DIERICKX   -   Malerei und Zeichnungen 1995/96

text by Stefan Hertmanns
11 illustrations in colour print, biography, bibliography, totally 24 pages
27 x 21 cm, softcover, edition of 800 ex., 1996
ISBN 3-88829-130-5
price    € 10.-

Informative catalogue about the drawings and paintings from the years 1995 and 1996. The work of Karel Dierickx (born in 1940) who lives in Gent, Belgium, and who took part on the Biennale 1984 in Venice, tends between abstraction and figuration and fascinates through its highly artistic intensity.
 

KAREL DIERICKX   -   Imaginäre Köpfe / Têtes imaginaires

Heiner Hachmeister (ed.)
KAREL DIERICKX   -   Imaginäre Köpfe / Têtes imaginaires

text german/french by Gaetane Lamarche-Vadel
23 illustrations in colour print, biography, bibliography, totally 32 pages
27 x 21 cm, softcover, edition of 800 ex., 1977
ISBN 3-88829-135-6
price    € 15.-

Catalogue about the cycle of drawings from 1996/97 which are dedicated exclusively to the classical subject of the head.
Amongst them one can find also memories of historical portraits from painters such as Bonnard, van Gogh and Ensor.
The 'Imaginary heads' from Karel Dierickx reflect the range of his abilities in drawing which are going from the nearly academic to the nearly abstract presentation of the subject.
 

KAREL DIERICKX   -   Der unabwendbare Abschied

Heiner Hachmeister (ed.)
KAREL DIERICKX   -   Der unabwendbare Abschied

texts german by Roland Jooris and Lambert Tegenbosch
84 illustrations in colour print, biography, bibliography, totally 136 pages
27 x 21 cm, hardcover cloth, edition of 800 ex., 1998
ISBN 3-88829-001-5
price    € 34.-

The first retrospective publication about the flemish painter and draftsman Karel Dierickx. It serves also as a catalogue for the exhibitions in Germany at Schloß Cappenberg, Selm, the Städtische Galerie Albstadt and the Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, in 1998/99.
 

KAREL DIERICKX   -   Die ungewisse Dauer

Heiner Hachmeister (ed.)
KAREL DIERICKX   -   Die ungewisse Dauer

texts german/flemish by Roland Jooris and german by Günther Kebeck
47 illustrations in colour print and b/w, biography, bibliography, totally 72 pages
27 x 21 cm, softcover, edition of 400 ex., 2003
ISBN 3-88829-031-7
price  € 25.-

This catalogue concentrates firstly on the six bronzes from Karel Dierickx and related drawings and gouaches.
Special texts, written by Günther Kebeck on three bronzes, analyse their psychological and art historical dimensions.
The first part of the catalogue demonstrates the development of Dierickx’ painting from 1997 to 2003 and gives - together with the sculptures - an impression of his process of work. This process, visually seen in the formation of his vague figuration - landscapes, heads, still lifes -, is as important as the result itself and allows own imagination and interpretation.
 

KAREL DIERICKX   -   Novemberstilte  (CD-Rom)

Heiner Hachmeister and Günther Kebeck (ed.)
KAREL DIERICKX   -   Novemberstilte  (CD-Rom)

paintings from Karel Dierickx and poems from Charles Baudelaire
german/french: introduction from Günther Kebeck and 12 poems from Charles Baudelaire
PowerPoint presentation, 18 illustrations in colour print and b/w, index
edition of 300 ex., 2003
price  € 5.-

During the years 1996-99 Karel Dierickx created a suite of oil paintings, gouaches and drawings with the common title “Novemberstilte” (Silence of November). They all variate and experimentate with a subject, which is nearly described as a detail of a landscape. Through their technical heterogeneity and perfection the works appear as a short résumé of his art of painting and drawing. This pictures are completed with a selection of poems from Charles Baudelaire’s “Les Fleurs du Mal”, which are edited firstly in 1857. Since the middle of the 1990ies Karel Dierickx was intensively occupied with Baudelaire. The pictures do not illustrate directly these poems, but there exist parallels especially in the mentality, atmosphere and expression between the poems and the pictures.
 

Heiner Hachmeister (ed.)
KAREL DIERICKX   -   Kruisweg

texts german by Günther Kebeck, Thomas Sternberg and a note by Heiner Hachmeister
14 illustrations in colour print, totally 64 pages
31 x 24,5 cm, japanese binding, hardcover in colour, half-linen, edition of 600 ex., Münster 2009
ISBN 978-3-88829-061-9
price € 58,-
 

Biography
 


born 1940 in Gent, Belgium
 
 
One man shows (selected)
 
1962
O.C.V.K., Pinakoteek, Brussels, Belgium
1963
Galerie Trefpunt, Gent, Belgium
1966
Monotypien v. Karel Dierickx und Gedichte v. John Groosman, Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent, Belgium
1967
Schilderijen en Tekeningen, Galerie Richard Foncke, Gent, Belgium (with Louis Van Lint)
1969
Galerie Arbel, Gent, Belgium
1970
Schilderijen, Galerie Contour, Brussels, Belgium
1972
Galerie Contour, Brussels, Belgium
1974
Das Belgische Haus, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Kunstforum, Schelderode, Belgium
1975
Kunsthandel Lambert Tegenbosch, Wintelre, Netherlands
1977
Peintures, Galerie Jean Briance, Paris, France
1978
Collectie van de stad, Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands
1979
Werk op papier, Galerie Lens Fine Art, Antwerpen, Belgium
1980
Kunsthandel Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden, Netherlands
1981
Gouaches, Galerie Lens Fine Art, Antwerpen, Belgium
1982
Galerie Jean Briance, Paris, France
Schilderijen, Kunsthandel Lambert Tegenbosch, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1983
Galerie Lens Fine Art, Antwerpen, Belgium
Galerie C.D., Gent, Belgium
1985
Kunsthandel Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden, Netherlands
Schilderijen, ICC, Antwerpen, Belgium
1987
Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands
1988
Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Leu, Rottach-Egern, Germany
Art 19/88 Basel, one man show, Ph. Guimiot Art Gallery
1989
Galerie Lea Gredt, Luxembourg
Galerie Hannah Feldmann, Bern, Switzerland
1990
Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier, Kunstverein Lüneburg, Germany
1991
Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Michel Foëx, Geneva, Switzerland
1992
Peintures et œuvres sur papier, Galerie Clivages, Paris, France
1994
Schilderijen en werk op papier, Galerie Path, Aalst, Belgium
Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Clivages, Paris, France
Schilderijen en Sculpturen, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (with Ludwig Vandevelde)
1995
Drawings, College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Peintures et œuvres sur papier, Galerie Le Triangle Bleu, Stavelot, Belgium
1996
Art 27/96 Basel, Switzerland, one man show, Hachmeister Galerie
Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
Art Cologne, Germany, one man show, Hachmeister Galerie
1997
Imaginäre Köpfe/Têtes imaginaires, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
Recente werken op papier, Galerie Path, Aalst, Belgium
1998
Der unabwendbare Abschied, retrospective, Schloß Cappenberg, Selm, Germany
1999
Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany
Arbeiten auf Papier und Malerei, Museum Albstadt, Germany
Bilder und Zeichnungen, Galerie Arteba, Zürich, Switzerland
Tekeningen en Sculpturen, Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden, Netherlands (with Ludwig Vandevelde)
Pontormo - Galerie van de Koninklijke Academie, Gent, Belgium (with W. Cuvelier)
2000
Ambrosia - Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Bronzen, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
2001
Werken op papier/Œuvres sur papier, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Un miroir, un rêve et autres choses - Radierungen, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
2002
Vuurwerk zei ze, etchings from Karel Dierickx and poems from Stefan Hertmans, Huize Drieghe-Bracke, Belgium
2003
Bilder, Zeichnungen, Bronzen, Galerie Arteba, Zürich, Switzerland
Ambrosia, Kapel Campo Santo, Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
Neue Bilder und Zeichnungen, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany


Group shows (selected)

1963
Sint-Pietersabdij, Forum, Gent, Belgium
Troisième Biennale de Jeunes, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
1966
Schilderijen, Galerie Margaretha de Boevé, Assenede, Belgium (with G. Romijn, D. Van Severen)
Galerie Veranneman, Brussels, Belgium
1970
Gent 50-70. Stromingen in Gentse schilder - en beeldhouwkunst vanaf 1950, Hotel d'Haene-Steenhuyse, Gent, Belgium
1973
Breschen zur Wirklichkeit. Belgische Kunst Heute, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany (with R. Raveel etc.)
Realisme van (N)U, Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands
Stichting De Krabbedans, Eindhoven, Netherlands (with P. Roobjee and Desy)
1974
Peinture Belge Contemporaine, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims, France
1976
Trait pour trait, 50 autoportraits, Galerie Jean Briance, Paris, France
Le Désespoir du Peintre, Maison de la Culture, Grenoble, France (Curator: Jean Clair)
Nouvelle Subjectivité, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (with R.B. Kitaj, D. Hockney etc.; Curator: Jean Clair)
1978
Figuration Flamande Contemporaine, Galerie du Hautmont, Mouvaux-Lille, France (with P. Roobje and Y. Theys)
1979
12 Belgische tekenaars, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
De jaren '60. Kunst in Belgie, Sint-Pieters Abdij, Gent, Belgium
Art 1979 Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Lens Fine Art (with Pierre Klossowski)
1982
L'Art Belge depuis 1945, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France
Het Picturaal Verlangen, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium
1983
Cinque Artisti del Belgio, Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Vijftien Belgische schilders, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Netherlands
1984
XLI. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, Pavillon from Belgium (with Jan Fabre etc.)
1986
6 Belgische kunstenaars, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium (Curator: Karel J. Geirlandt)
Initiatief '86, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Peintures et œuvres sur papier, Philippe Guimiot Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1988
Signaturen rond Beuys en Wols, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium (Curator: Jan Hoet)
1990
Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
1991
Aanwinsten, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst (MUHKA), Antwerpen, Belgium
1992
Modernism in Painting, PMMK, Ostende, Belgium (Curator: W. Van Den Bussche)
1993
Le papier, Galerie Clivages, Paris, France
1994
Gemälde, Galerie Lea Gredt, Luxembourg
Poëziezomer '94, Watou, Belgium (poems from Hugo Claus)
Rencontres, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Verviers, Belgium (with Roel D'Haese etc.)
1995
Auf Leinwand und Papier, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
1996
Hedendaagse schilders in Nederland en Vlaanderen, Museum De Beyerd, Breda, Netherlands
3 x 3 on paper. Three generations of Flemish artists, Yan Huang Museum, Peking, China
3 x 3 op papier. Drie generaties Vlaamse kunstenaars, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Rood, Galerie Path, Aalst, Belgium
1997
Vier generaties schilders, Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Roeselare, Belgium (with E. Leroy, R. Raveel etc.)
1998
Schrievers op post, Postmuseum Brussels
1999
De opening, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Gent, Belgium
2000
Der verlorene Blick - Der Kopf in Skulptur, Zeichnung und Bild, Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
2001
Retouche: 250 jaar schilderkunst Academie Gent, Sint-Pieters Abdij, Gent, Belgium
Stilleben - still life - nature morte, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany (with Le Corbusier, Picasso, Cragg, Morandi etc.)
Schildersgronden - Dierickx, Elias, Theys, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
2002
Durch 150 Jahre in Schwarz-Weiss, drawings and prints from Menzel to Barceló, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
2003
Das Stilleben in der Malerei, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium (with Morandi, Léger, Braque, Gris, Ensor,
Matisse, Leroy, de Keyser etc.)
La vie comme elle est, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Gent, Belgium


Bibliography (selected)

1964
Standaert, E., Karel Dierickx, in: literair-plastisch tijdschrift ruimten, No. 9/10
Standaert, E., Recente tekeningen van Karel Dierickx. Het depouilleren van de werkelijkheid, in: Tijdschrift Yang, No. 57
1974
Kotte, W., Recensie over Karel Dierickx, in: exhibition catalogue Belgisches Haus, Cologne
1976
Clair, J., Ce que J.C. voit de nouveau dans une certain facon de peindre comme avant, in: Connaissance des Arts, No. 34
Clair, J., Le désespoir du peintre, Maison de la culture, Grenoble
Clair, J., Nouvelle Subjectivité, C.N.A.C., Paris
Clair, J., Nouvelle Subjectivité, Connaissance des Arts
Clair, J., Trait pour trait, 50 autoportraits, Galerie Jean Briance, Paris
1977
Tegenbosch, L., Karel Dierickx, Galerie Jean Briance, Paris
Lévêque, J.J., La peinture est elle impossible?, Galerie jardin des arts, revue mensuelle, No. 169
Boyens, J., De Vlaamse Kunst in Nederland, Vlaams-Nederlandse stichting, Ons Erfdeel, No. 15
1978
Barten, W., Karel Dierickx en de nieuwe Subjectiviteit, in: De Groene Amsterdammer, 17 May 1978
Kotte, W., Schilderen met de moed der wanhoop, Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht
1979
Clair, J., Nouvelle Subjectivité, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels
1980
Thomas, P., Woord en Beeld, drie strekkingen in de nederlandse poezie en in de schilderkunst na 1945, uitg. Lannoo, Tielt
1981
Geirlandt, K.J., Gouaches 1980, Galerie Lens Fine Art
Kotte, W., Karel Dierickx. Schilderen met de moed der wanhoop, Stedelijk Kunstcollectie Helmond, Venlo, Van Spijk B.V.
1982
Van Mulders, W., Het Picturaal Verlangen. Mogelijkheden van een Aktuele Belgische Schilderkunst, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels
ders., Kunstbeeld in Vlaanderen vandaag. 100 hedendaagse kunstenaars, Tielt, Lannoo
Knaepen, J., Karel Dierickx, in: The Bulletin, 15 October 1982
1984
Tegenbosch, L., Karel Dierickx, in: Arte Factum, No. 4, June-August
De Vogelaere, F., Karel Dierickx, kunstschilder, Biennale di Venezia, Comunitá fiamminga del Belgio
De Roey, J., Karel Dierickx in het ICC, Het innerlijk landschap
1985
Klaster J.B., Galerie '85, in: Het Parool, 22 March 1985
Van Looy, G., Karel Dierickx, International Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen
Daele, J.E., Karel Dierickx, Pjeroo Roobje, Yvan Theys, Galerie du Haumont, De rode vaan, No. 40
1986
Bekkers, L., Belgische kunstenaars in P.S.K., in: De Standaard, 3 June 1986
Huys, P., De schilder Karel Dierickx, Vlaams-Nederlandse stichting, Ons Erfdeel, No.1
1988
Hoet, J. und W. Van Mulders, Karel Dierickx, Beknopte monografie, Gent, Imschoot Uitgevers
1990
Vanrobaeys, P. (collaboration with J. Cools, E. Muyllaert, D. Rau), Van goeden huize.
Over Vlaams expressionisme en wat 31 hedendaagse Vlaamse kunstenaars daarvan denken
, Openbaar Kunstbezit in Vlaanderen, No. 2
1991
Hertmans, S., Karel Dierickx - De hand in gesprek met het hoofd, in: Droom en Daad Academie Gent, Volume 1, No. 3, April
Popelier, B., Karel Dierickx in een verregend landschap, in: Kunst en cultuur, Maandblad van het Palais voor Schone Kunsten, Nov.
1992
Van Den Bussche, W., Modernism in Painting, Provincial Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostende
Hertmans, S. und J.-P. Léger, Karel Dierickx. Peintures et Dessins, Cahiers Clivages, Paris
Le Bot, M., Rien qui puisse être nommé/Nothing that can be named, Cimaise, Sept./Oct.
Ernould-Gandouet, M., Karel Dierickx, l' Oeil, No. 445, Oct.
1993
Willaert, Ph., 111 Hedendaagse kunstenaars in Belgie en Luxemburg, different museums and institutions, 1993-97
1994
Hertmans, S., Karel Dierickx, Schilderijen. Ludwig Vandevelde, Sculpturer, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Dierickx, K., Kunstonderwijs versus hedendaagse kunst, in: Tijdschrift voor psychoanalyse & cultuur, Cahier No. 2
1995
Lorent, Cl., Rencontres, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Verviers
Bekkers, L., Hedendaagse schilders in Nederland en Vlaanderen, hrsg. von der Vlaams-Nederlandse Stichting, Ons Erfdeel
Karel Dierickx, Cultureel jaarboek, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, blz. 115
1996
De Wispelaere, P., Het vermoeden van een Schepping, Akademie voor Beeldende Kunst, Gent
Bekkers, L., Karel Dierickx, in: 3 x 3 on paper. Three generations of Flemish artists, Yan Huang Museum,
Peking und Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent
Hertmans, S., Eine denkende Hand, in: Karel Dierickx, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
Verbrugghen, J., Art contemporain, 1960-1990, Saint-Hubert
Roggeman, W.M., Art contemporain, 1960-1990, Saint-Hubert
1997
Lamarche-Vadel, G., Linien des Lebens, in: Karel Dierickx - Imaginäre Köpfe/Têtes Imaginaires, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
Dierickx, K., Workshop omtrent tekenen. In het teken van de kunst, x manieren van tekenen in de hedendaagse kunst,
Lehrstuhl Karel J. Geirlandt, Academia Press
Willaert, Ph., De menselijke schimmen van beeldend kunstenaar Karel Dierickx. Hommage aan de oude meesters, Artsenkrant, May
1998
Jooris, R., in: Karel Dierickx - Der unabwendbare Abschied, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
Tegenbosch, L., Die Bedeutung von Kunst, in: Karel Dierickx - Der unabwendbare Abschied, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
1999
Becker, J., Hervorbringen und Verlöschen, in: Karel Dierickx - Graphitzeichnungen, Museum Albstadt
2001
Hachmeister, H., Karel Dierickx in der Sammlung LohmannHofmann, in: Karel Dierickx - Werken op papier/Œuvres sur papier,
Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels
Jooris, R., Karel Dierickx, in: Karel Dierickx - Werken op papier/Œuvres sur papier, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels
ders., Schildersgronden - Dierickx, Elias, Theys, Textheft Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte
2002
De Achtste, O. (Hrsg.), Vuurwerk zei ze, Suite with 5 etchings from Karel Dierickx and 5 poems from Stefan Hertmans, Roborst-Zwalm
2003
Kebeck, G., Titel und Oberfläche - Zu den Bronzegüssen der Skulptur Ambrosia,
in: Karel Dierickx, Ambrosia, Kapel Campo Santo, Sint-Amandsberg
De Keyzer, L., Goede vriend Karel, in: Karel Dierickx, Ambrosia, Kapel Campo Santo, Sint-Amandsberg