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Valckx Petrus, Watercolor lithograph, Pincers Signed Numbered: EC In perfect state Dimensions: H. 37.5 cm x W. 56 cm, framed H. 40.5 cm x W. 59 cm Petrus Valckx (Ekeren September 6, 1920 – San Francisco October 14, 1996); Hyper-realistic painter, draftsman and pastellist of landscapes and still lifes. Educated at the Drawing School in Borgerhout (1935 – 1942) and at the Academy of Antwerp (1943, Alfons van Beurden and 1947, Carl de Roover). Initially paints expressionist figures, fishing scenes and landscapes in Flanders and Normandy. Evolving from 1980 towards hyperrealism with a refined invoice in thin layers of paint. Is a meticulous observer and a melancholic and cool painter of landscapes, figures and simple everyday objects. In 1995, he settled with his son in Hayward, California, where he died, a month before the opening of his life's dream, an exhibition in New York (Paulina Rieloff Galery, New York Design
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