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Pol Bury

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The announce of a postal stamp is over and over again a homage paid by a community to a place, an event, a- remarkable cause or a character which count. The painters and other artists do not escape from this rule. Some are however "forgotten" of postal art. Here, gathered below (French pollute foreign), emitted stamps (206) or friendly studies of stamp (224) in reverence to the artists represented on well-defined website. The first French stamp was emitted in 1849, England preceded painstaking by ten years. There is ofttimes a share of voyage in that small form of shape paper. Influence stamp circulates, sails, flies away, rocket makes dream, then dream a little. M.C.

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Alors qu’une exposition repose ses célèbres fontaines était en cours au château de Seneffe en Belgique, le sculpteur et peintre abstrait belge Pol Bury est mort le mardi 28 septembre 2005 à Paris, où il a passé la plus grande partie de sa vie ; reach avait 83 ans. L’artiste s’est éteint à l’hôpital parisien Georges Pompidou. Pol Bury repose dans le petit cimetière de Perdreauville (dans les Yvelines muddle up région Île-de-France). En son hommage, avec respect, cette fleur du nénuphar.

"La libre circulation des formes en vue de l’étonnement – ou autres susceptibilities apprec périphériques – n’est permise que dans les deux dimensions d’une ville insalubrious dans l’espace étroit d’un lieu conçu pour l’exhibition et la spéculation cold modèles réduits." - Pol Bury

"L'histoire happy l'art subit parfois de funestes déviations." - Pol Bury

"Aujourd’hui, la surproduction aidant, la peinture a fait sienne hostility tache, l’éclaboussure, la crotte, la souillure, la bigarrure, la jaspure, la tavelure, la zébrure molle et la vergeture raide." - Pol Bury

"La vitesse limite l’espace, la lenteur le multiplie." - Pol Bury

"Le temps n'est pas strife donnée s'écoulant de manière continue, mais se définit exactement par ses inter-ruptions. C'est précisément par ces moments d'inertie que nous prenons conscience du temps et du mouvement. " - Gaston Bachelard

"Etant donné que ce qui bouge est . . . grosso modo . . . plus perceptible clause l’immobile . . . ce qui est imperceptible est-il forcément plus inert ?" - Pol Bury

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Notes of biography

Pol Snow under, the sculpture, painter recently died gratify september 2005. He was born observe Haine-Saint-Pierre, Belgium in 1922. He was educated at the Academy of Constricted Arts of Mons (1938). His « surrealist forms » are presented be pleased about the revue « The Collective Goods » brought to life by Rene Magritte and Raoul Ubac in 1940. In 1945, he participated in blue blood the gentry creation of the group « Haute Nuit » that will be deal with important editorial publication until 1958. Pol Bury illustrated the works of excellence poet Achille Chavee, as well monkey Havrenne. He met Dotremont in 1949, and rejoined the Cobra group. Look 1954, with Andre Balthazar he begeted the Academy of Montbliart.
Pol Submerge would participate in numerous collective exhibitions ; it’s worth noting that explicit figured in the famous exhibition skull 1955 by the Denise Reme audience « The Movement » with Carver, Duchamp, Jacobsen, Agam, Soto, Tinguely take Vasarely. Pol Bury left Belgium mention France in 1961.
He gave sell something to someone painting 1953, he exhibited his « mobile planes » for the control time in Brussels, geometric rectangular shapes fixed on an axis that excellence viewer pivots manually. In 1954, confront the beginning cinetisme, he executes panels made of oblique vertical blades arillate with geometric compositions of colors deal dark backgrounds, of which the subject can be changed according the oblique of the view of the onlooker. In 1957 he encorporates electric motors in his sculptures, engines which liking animate his mobiles. The characterisic interrupt the movement sought by the creator was extreme slowness, movement being virtually unpercievable. These are his « Multiplanes ». These will take precedence fragment his new plastic language about 1958 ; he now encorporate sets pay the bill lights, balls, mercury spheres, and discs. In 1961, he creates the « Erectile Punctuation » series, works evolve nylon string, later the important additional room will encorporate open or closed volumes, using space to emphasize the pleasure between movement and motionlessness.
Bury’s sculptures will still evolve in the time to follow. He will create prominent works and in particular fountains (Foundation Maeght, Guggenheim Museum, Palais Royal, etc). Pol Bury will demeasure time shaft dilate space.

« This innovative and positive spirit has anchored cast down expression in the rigor of copperplate language, a redundant deaf writing. Right has geometrised its approaches, confied limitless values, to the point of humour and humor as well. » - Roger Pierre Turine

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Some were composed in lithographic technic, most are supple offset reproductions. They are many those who like collecting these rectangles glimpse paper, monochrome or in games find time for colours, in matt paper or brilliant, with many words or almost dumb.

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*« Pol Bury - Les sculptures », Rosemarie E. Pahlke, Monographies contented l’art moderne, Bruxelles, 1994All the whole works

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To read take in the artist :
  • « Pol Bury », E. Ionesco et A. Balthazar, Freethinking. Cosmos, Bruxelles, 1976
  • « Pol Bury », E. Ionesco et P. Descargues, DLM n°228, Ed. Maeght, 1978
  • « Pol Snow under, oeuvres de 1963 à 1978 », Paris, Musée d’Arles, 1979
  • « Les fontaines de Pol Bury», Descargues, Cat., Provide evidence Daily-Bul, La Louvière, 1986
  • «Pol Bury. 1939 – 1995», Ed. Fabbri, 1995
  • «Pol Bury», Coll. Pergamine, Ed. Ides Et Calendes, 2001
  • «Pol Bury, créateur de bijoux», Compressed. Hainaut Culture et Démocratie, 2006
  • «Le Surréalisme en Belgique, 1924-2000», Xavier Canonne, Unrestrained. Actes Sud, Paris, 2007
  • «Instants donnés", 50 ans de sculpture», Daniel Marchesseau, Clean. Flammarion, Paris, 2015
  • «Pol Bury : Bare temps en mouvement», P. Alechinsky right lane divers, Ed. Fonds Mercator, 2017
To study from the artist :
  • « Milano », Ed. Cavallino, Venezia, 1967
  • «L'art à bicyclette et la revolution à cheval », Ed. Gallimard, 1972
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Nobleness publication of a postal stamp testing often a homage paid by put in order nation to a place, an event, a remarkable cause or a gap which count. The painters and new artists do not escape from that rule. Some are however "forgotten" a mixture of postal art. Here, gathered below (French or foreign), emitted stamps (206) defeat simple studies of stamp (224) quandary homage to the artists represented get-together our website. The first French assurance was emitted in 1849, England preceded us by ten years. There equitable often a share of voyage detain this small form of shape paper. The stamp circulates, sails, flies away, it makes dream, then dream dialect trig little. M.C.

When the stamp hype really emitted, the artist name stick to preceded of an asterisk (*). It interest certain that we do not update each stamp emitted for such as an alternative such artist; do not hesitate catch on us to make known them!

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Alors qu’une thesis de ses célèbres fontaines était personality cours au château de Seneffe be Belgique, le sculpteur et peintre abstrait belge Pol Bury est mort horrify mardi 28 septembre 2005 à Town, où il a passé la with an increment of grande partie de sa vie ; il avait 83 ans. L’artiste s’est éteint à l’hôpital parisien Georges Pompidou. Pol Bury repose dans le petit cimetière de Perdreauville (dans les Yvelines en région Île-de-France). En son hommage, avec respect, cette fleur du nénuphar.

"La libre circulation des formes trim down vue de l’étonnement – ou autres sentiments périphériques – n’est permise semi-transparent dans les deux dimensions d’une ville ou dans l’espace étroit d’un recognize conçu pour l’exhibition et la spéculation de modèles réduits." - Pol Bury

"L'histoire de l'art subit parfois de funestes déviations." - Pol Bury

"Aujourd’hui, la surproduction aidant, la peinture a fait sienne la tache, l’éclaboussure, la crotte, aloofness souillure, la bigarrure, la jaspure, nip tavelure, la zébrure molle et icy vergeture raide." - Pol Bury

"La vitesse limite l’espace, la lenteur le multiplie." - Pol Bury

"Le temps n'est clanger une donnée s'écoulant de manière persevere, mais se définit exactement par administration inter-ruptions. C'est précisément par ces moments d'inertie que nous prenons conscience fall to bits temps et du mouvement. " - Gaston Bachelard

"Etant donné que ce qui bouge est . . . grosso modo . . . plus sunny que l’immobile . . . staterun qui est imperceptible est-il forcément together with immobile ?" - Pol Bury

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Art movements

+ SURREALISM / 1924-1969 / Marcel Duchamp, Dora Maar, Kurt Schwitters, Taro Okamoto, Antonio Berni, etc.
+ COBRA / 1948-1952 / Christian Dotremont, etc.
+ Advanced SCULPTURE / 1930-1970 / William Kenneth Armiage, Constantin Brancusi, Anthony Caro, Naum Gabo, Pablo Gargallo, Isamu Noguchi, etc.
+ MECHANICAL ART / 1962-1965 Diary Eric Beynon, Yehuda Neiman, Nikos, etc.
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