Roger Henri Kamiel,

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Raveel (15 July 1921 – 30 January 2013) was a

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painter, whose work is often associated with pop art because of its depiction of everyday objects. Raveel's style evolved throughout his career, from abstract to figurative. Raveel was born in Machelen-aan-de-Leie,

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, and trained in the academies of

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and

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. After 1952 he began to use large white spaces. A central theme in his work was the opposition of fiction and reality. In 1976 he created a large wall painting in the

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station Mérode. Portraits of his first wife and favourite model Zulma, to whom he was married until her death in 2009, were a running motif throughout his work. Raveel died on 30 January 2013 in Deinze, at the age of 91. On 15 July 2016,

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commemorated his 95th birthday.

Works

File:Raveel lijn.jpg, Raveel, ''Mural 2.'', 1966, painting on a wall, in the basements of castle Beervelde, Belgium File:Brussel, Metrostation Merode-PM 57511.jpg, Raveel, '' Ensor, vive la Sociale?'', 1976, mural in the Brussels' Merode metro station File:P1010990vAbbemuseum.JPG, Raveel, ''Man op Stoel'' (Man on a Chair), 1986, oil on canvas,

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File:Hugo Claus-monument door Raveel te Watou.jpg, Raveel, ''Hugo Claus monument'', 1993, sculpture of stainless steel + poem-line of

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in Belgium

References

External links

some works of Roger Raveel

Raveel at Arts Paradise

Raveel at Galerie Dessers

images of paintings and drawings by Roger Raveel, on Wikiart

'Roger Raveel en zijn keuze uit het Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Gent'
texts in Dutch of Ludo Bekkers and Roger Raveel; in Dutch art-magazine 'Openbaar Kunstbezit', Jan/Maart 1975
biography facts and dates of Roger Raveel
in the Dutch R.K.D. Archive, The hague 1921 births 2013 deaths Belgian painters Belgian nobility People from Zulte {{Belgium-painter-stub