Manuel Vermeire (born 12 July 1987) is a Belgian

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

whose work mainly consists in reproducing paintings in the form of

wood-engraving Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image or ''matrix'' of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and p ...

Biography

Manuel Vermeire was born in

Chiusdino Chiusdino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italy, Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about southwest of Siena. Chiusdino borders the following municipalities: Casole d'Elsa, Monticiano, Mont ...

(Siena) on July 12, 1987, the son of Belgian parents who had moved to

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

a few years earlier. Today, his wood-engravings follow, in the footsteps of past masters such as

Timothy Cole Timothy Cole (185217 May 1931) was an American wood engraver. Biography Timothy Cole was born in 1852 in London, England, his family emigrated to the United States in 1858. He established himself in Chicago, where in the great fire of 1871 he ...

, the tradition of reproducing famous

paintings Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

in a print version.

Awards

* Milan, Italy: First prize in the 2018 graphic works competition “Opere su Carta” at the Circuiti Dinamici Gallery. Solo exhibition in autumn 2018. *

Torredembarra Torredembarra (), normally called La Torre by its inhabitants, is a town in the ''comarca'' of the Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the Costa Daurada, it faces Altafulla to the west, La Pobla de Monto ...

, Wood Engraving Competition: La Torre de l'Encenall, Joint First Prize winner, 2016. * Paris, Wood Engraving Competition Jean Chièze, First Prize winner, 2015. * Paris, Musée des Avelines: Wood Engraving Competition Jean Chièze, Honor Prize winner, 2009. * Colle Val d’Elsa, Italy, Associazione Culturale Mino Maccari: First prize in the Concorso Mino Maccari per la Satira Grafica, July 2007.

Public and private collections

His works are in the collection of the 'Museo dell'Incisione', Palazzo dei Paleologi,

Acqui Terme Acqui Terme (; pms, Àich ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is about south-southwest of Alessandria. It is one of the principal winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto d'A ...

, Italy; the collection of the 'Internationaal Ex-Libris Centrum Sint Niklaas' in Belgium; the collection of the 'Association Graver Maintenant', Paris; the collection of the 'Association Jean Chièze pour l'encouragement à la gravure sur bois', Paris; the collection of the Museum Florean (Engraving Salon Carbunari) in Baia Mare, Romania; the collection of the 'American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers' in San Antonio, Texas; the collection of the 'Asociaciòn Mexicana de Exlibris'; the collection of the Miejska Galeria Sztuki in Lódz (Poland). His works are in private collections in Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland, Australia, Russia, the Czech Republic and the United States

References

External links

*http://thewoodengraver.blogspot.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Vermeire, Manuel 1987 births Living people Belgian printmakers Belgian wood engravers Belgian engravers People from Chiusdino Belgian expatriates in Italy Chiusdino