Edited by Steven Jacobs and Hilde D'haeyere. Contributions by Steven Jacobs, Hilde D'haeyere, Wouter De Vleeschouwer, Benedict Vandaele, and Klaartje Vanthuyne
This book focuses on Belgian artist Raoul De Keyser's hitherto understudied early works, including a catalogue raisonné of paintings made between 1964 and 1980. A leading exponent of European painting from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, De Keyser started painting in the 1940s but aborted his artistic career in the early 1950s, becoming a civil servant and journalist. Only in 1964 did he take up painting again with works blending the influence of Raveel, Dine, Held, and Noland. Soon, he developed his own idiom, evolving into a more subdued and abstract style in the 1970s. Based on extensive archival research, this book contains a wealth of artworks, photographs, posters, and documents that never have been published before.