Fernand Carette (1921-2005). Abstraction. 1955. Gouache.

Aluminum frame (signs of wear). Frame dimensions: 36 x 28 cm. Signed and dated 55.
Fernand Carette, born in 1921 in Marcinelle and died in 2005, was a Belgian painter.
A painter and draftsman, Fernand Carette trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi between 1935 and 1946.
In 1956, he created murals for the Bank of Africa in Brussels and, in 1961, for the ceiling of the Stock Exchange of Commerce and Industry in Charleroi. Around 1965, he moved increasingly towards Surrealism and worked with the Phases Group.
Exhibited in Brussels at the "Saint-Laurent" Gallery in 1961, at the "Quadri" Gallery in 1990 and at the "Dupuis" Gallery (Crédit Agricole) in 2002. Exhibited with Jean Rets, Pol Bury, Jo Delahaut, Paul Van Hoeydonck, Guy Vandenbranden, Galerie Le Rouge et le Noir, Charleroi, April 1957