Yves Rhaye, Important (67cm) Brutalist Ceramic Fantastic Biomorphic Sculpture, Ca 1960s

Important biomorphic and fantastic abstract sculpture, brutalist style around 1962.
Remarkable and in perfect condition, executed by Yves Rhaye in grated ceramic, Pérignem Amphora generation.

Biography:
Yves RHAYE (Ostend 1936 - 1995 Ninove).
Painter, draftsman, graphic designer, sculptor, sculptural ceramist, jewelry designer.
Studies of interior architecture, sculpture and painting at the Academy of Ghent, with Robert Heylbroeck (1955-60).
Started as a designer in various ceramic industries, among others in the Perignem workshop in Beernem (1962), where he received the fundamental rules of ceramics under the aegis of Laurent Vandeweghe, and in the Florizoon brickyard in Nieuport.
Member of the "Cyanuur" and "Fantasmagie" circles (1960).
He set up his workshop in the castle of Voorde near Ninove.
Creates anthropomorphic and biomorphic sculptures (confusing plant and animal elements…), humanoid figures transformed into extraterrestrial and fantastic creatures which he executes in terracotta or bronze.
He will be elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics.
Exhibitions:
Numerous exhibitions in Belgium and abroad.
First personal exhibition in Ghent in 1962, Galerie Veranneman in Brussels in 1972, Knokke-Heist in 1977, Brussels in 1978, Auxerre 1989.
Retrospective of 20 years, Museum of Ixelles in 1980.
Works at the Cabinet des Estampes in Brussels, in the Museums d'Ixelles, Ostende, Kortrijk, Ypres, Milan, Yugoslavia, South Africa, Germany, Veranneman Foundation, collections of Baron Lambert, Crédit Communal, Générale de Banque, Morgan Guaranty Trust Cy, Museum en Archief Vlaams Cultuurleven in Antwerp, Royal Library , Brussels and State collections.

Bibliography:
- Engelen Marx, Sculpture in Belgium from 1830 to the present day.
- DeKeyser 1972, p. 243; Fontier 1986, p. 118-119; Van Mulders 1977, p. 25-29, 46; Verbrugghen 1969.
- Piron.