Jean Milo
Jean Milo was the pseudonym of Belgian author and artist Émile Van Gindertael. He was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode en 1906 and died in 1993 in Rixensart. He was also a painter, poet, essayist and novelist.
Biography
From 1926 to 1931, Jean Milo was the director of the Belgian Gallery Le Centaure. As a painter, he was influential over Edgard Tytgat who wrote a biography about him. He helped found the Art abstrait group in 1952. Then, in 1980, he created a series of photo-collages which are now held by the Verbeke Foundation in Belgium.
Works
- 1938 : L'Étang de Malbourg
- 1944 : L'Esprit de famille, Prix des Deux Magots
- 1956 : Le Marteau
Major Exhibitions
- 1986: A Retrospective exhibit in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
References
- L. Haesaerts, Jean Milo, Anvers : De Sikkel, 1954 (Collection : Monographies de l'art belge).
- Jean Milo, exposition rétrospective, éditions des Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, 1986.
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