{"product_id":"compositie-1957-inv-0079-by-paul-van-hoeydonck","title":"Compositie, 1957 (inv. 0079) by Paul Van Hoeydonck","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 21\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned and dated at bottom right, this 1957 oil on canvas dates from the year after Paul Van Hoeydonck joined the Formes group, its geometric composition published in three separate scholarly surveys of Belgian abstract art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul Van Hoeydonck (1925–2025) studied art history in Antwerp before turning to painting, exhibiting figurative harbour scenes and industrial landscapes at his first solo show in 1952. Within a few years he had moved into geometric abstraction, joining the Formes group in 1956 and co-founding the Antwerp avant-garde collective G58 with Jef Verheyen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dawn of the Space Age redirected his imagination: from the late 1950s onward, planets, cities and astronauts became his recurring subjects, rendered in white-on-white reliefs, plexiglass and collage. In 1971, at the invitation of NASA, the crew of Apollo 15 placed his aluminium sculpture 'Fallen Astronaut' on the lunar surface — a tribute to astronauts and cosmonauts who had died in the pursuit of space exploration, and to this day the only artwork ever installed beyond Earth. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Oil on canvas\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 64 × 90.5 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned \u0026amp; dated: bottom right hand corner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 21\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublications: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJan Ceuleers, Paul Van Hoeydonck, Antwerpen, Pandora Publishers, 2011, p. 115 \u0026amp; p. 283. · Michel Draguet, Art belge. Un siècle moderne — Collection Caroline et Maurice Verbaet, Bruxelles, Racine, 2012, p. 161. · Christophe Duvivier \u0026amp; Camille Brasseur, Abstractions. Arts non figuratifs belges après 1945, Paris, Selena éditions, 2016, p. 20. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis artwork forms part of the maurice verbaet collection and can be viewed in our showroom at Volkstraat 58, Antwerp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"maurice verbaet collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58130954420607,"sku":"MV_052_Van Hoeydonck_Composition_1957_0081","price":30000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/2307\/2055\/files\/2E6A2760.jpg?v=1786106533","url":"https:\/\/immodome-objects.be\/products\/compositie-1957-inv-0079-by-paul-van-hoeydonck","provider":"Immodôme Objects","version":"1.0","type":"link"}