Henri Puvrez (1893-1971). "married Persons". 1930s.

Original black wooden frame, gray passe-partout. Frame dimensions: 46 x 36 cm. Dimensions of the drawing: 35 x 26 cm. Sign. Henri Puvrez (1893-1971). Belgian sculptor, draftsman. Puvrez is a student of Isidore De Rudder at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. He originally sculpted in stone, more specifically blue granite, thus managing to create sensitive characters in this hard material. Self-taught, he did not adhere to the academic movement. However, he opted for the simplification of forms sometimes going as far as abstraction. The period from 1920 to 1940 is the most prolific for him. Iconic sculptures are produced there. From 1925, the Expressionist Movement, very influential at that time in Belgium, led him back to the expression of the human body, with reminiscences of Zadkine or Oscar Jespers. His interest in African sculpture leads him to direct carving of wood. His style was then characterized by roundness and full forms, as demonstrated by the Naiade he produced for the Belgian pavilion at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1937. Between 1946 and 1970, Puvrez became a professor at the Hooger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp and was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium. His works are in the collections of the Belgian State and are also exhibited in the urban space (Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, among others). Several of his works can also be found in the collections of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp, the Lanchelevici Museum and the Middelheimmuseum in Antwerp.