Description
“Everything starts with an emotion, a fleeting vision, an almost physical excitement that triggers the desire to paint. Between the hand and the canvas, the mystery of creation is born.”
Yvette Lichtfus
Biography
Press Release: Death of the Painter Yvette Lichtfus
On September 12, 2014, the painter Yvette Lichtfus passed away in Ixelles.
Born in Arlon in 1925, Yvette Lichtfus was an internationally renowned artist. A student of the Antwerp painter Prosper de Wit, she trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, from which she graduated with great distinction under the guidance of Professors Van Haelen and Bastien. From her first exhibitions in the late 1940s, her work was noticed and then gained genuine notoriety. From the outset, articles mentioned a pictorial tradition that “adheres to the contemplation of nature” and makes no concessions to the avant-garde and modernist movements of the second half of the 20th century. The landscapes, which make up the majority of her work, as well as her portraits and rarer still lifes, place her among painters who favor the representation of reality.
Critics have also detected impressionist tendencies in her work. In total, Yvette Lichtfus painted more than 3,000 canvases, held multiple exhibitions, and continuously practiced her skills, sketches, and watercolors on-site. She associated with artists such as Charles Lebon, Josse Albert, and others from the Grimbergen group.
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