VAN DEN BUSSCHE, Willy ( inl. );Philippe Roberts-Jones; Willem Roggeman — Marc Mendelson : Monographies de l'art moderne

, ULB/GRAM, 1995, 1995 Relie, toile jaune sous jaquette, 305 x 250 x 23 mm., 187pp., uiills. en coul. et n/b. ISBN 9789053491904. Marc Mendelson was a painter, watercolorist, serigrapher and sculptor. His British parents settle in Antwerp in 1922. Debuts with magical realism and evolves (from 1948) to abstract material painting and, after 1966, to a personal neo-figurative art. Practices sculpture since 1962. He studied at NHISKA (1934 -39, G. van de Woestyne and I. Opsomer) and made his debut in 1942 in Antwerp. His art is considered 'degenerate art' by the Germans and he is arrested during an exhibition in Brussels in 1943. Participates in the exhibitions of Apport (1944 - 1948). Settled in Brussels in 1944. Mendelson is co-founder and designer of the logo of La Jeune Peinture Belge (1945) and participates in the association's exhibitions. Co-founder of Espace (1952). Vice-President of Les Amis de l'Art and organizer of modern art events. He is the creator of the murals in the Ostend Casino (1952). He works as a teacher of screen printing at Ter Kameren (1951 - 1980) and is a member of the Royal Academy (1965). He makes the mural panel Happy Metro to you in the Park metro station in Brussels (1974). His work is represented in numerous museums, including Antwerp, Brussels, Ixelles, Ghent, Stockholm, New York (Guggenheim) and Pittsburgh (Carnegie).