E.L.T. Mesens was a versatile artist who is best known as a publisher and organiser of exhibitions on surrealist art. He had a predilection for collages, which he created in a figurative or geometric abstract style. He used various elements from nature, the human figure, the written word or from the world of music as in Evidence poétique. In fact, Mesens was a composer before he began experimenting with visual art. His free style and playful humour give his work a freshness and directness that are reminiscent of Dadaism, which immediately preceded Surrealism.
| Artist |
Edouard Léon Theodore Mesens
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| Title | Poetic Evidence, E.L.T. style |
| Date | 1963 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | title top right: STYLE ELT |
| signatures (names) bottom left: Mesens | |
| inscription and year bottom right: 23 / 1963. | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type |
chalk drawings
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collage (technique) AAT pencil drawings AAT alcohol marker drawing |
| Inventory number | 1966-AE |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1966-AE |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2874/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417511
abstract art (general art genre)
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300134149 nonobjective AAT |
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46D3
newspaper, news-sheet
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48C7 music Iconclass 48C731 string instruments (bowed) Iconclass 48C7311 violin, fiddle Iconclass 48C803 symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ musical drama Iconclass 49L16 letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc. Iconclass 49L17 initial Iconclass 49L2 pictorial and ideographic script Iconclass |
| School / Style | Surrealist AAT |
| De jaren '60 : Kunst in België (tentoonstelling Gent, Sint-Pietersabdij, 22.06.1979 - 26.08.1979) / Kris Lenaerts, Karel Boullart, Jean Dypréau, Jan Hoet. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1979 (p. 178-179) |
| Het sterrenalfabet van E.L.T. Mesens : Dada & Surrealisme in Brussel, Parijs & Londen (tentoonstelling Mu.Zee-Kunstmuseum aan zee, 06.07 - 17.11.2013) / Phillip Van den Bossche, Erich Weiss, Anouck Clissen, Christiane Geurts-Krauss, Virginie Devillez, Nele Bernheim. - Oostende : Mu.ZEE, 2013 |
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