Head, Bronze, Unique Piece, 1935 - Jean Decoen

Head, bronze covered with a black patina mounted on a black marble base, Jean Decoen, 1935, signed and dated. The marble base has chips and scratches. Base dimensions: H. 14 x W.14 x D. 14 cm; head: H. 34 x W. 18 x D. 25 cm Jean Decoen (Brussels 1890- 1979 Ixelles), sculptor - painter - poet - Belgian art critic. Jean Decoen does not benefit from the support of his parents to become an artist. It was not until 1910 that he began to study at the Academy of Brussels. Restores paintings, which leads him to an in-depth study of the old masters. Born sculptor, but out of love for ancient painting, he also began to paint: luminist landscapes, portraits, still lifes. His bust of the philosopher Mario Viscardini is pictorially sculpted. Poet, collector, expert and art critic, he writes for several newspapers and magazines, ao in Le Cahier des Arts (1960): "Saint Luke painting the Virgin, Munich or Boston?".