Devolder Roland (1938)

DEVOLDER Roland (1938) Etching signed and numbered in red pencil by the artist Dimensions of the subject: 50 x 33.5 cm Dimensions of the sheet: 63 x 46.5 cm Edition 46/50 DEVOLDER, Roland (Ostend, 1938 ) Painter, draftsman and engraver. Training at the academies of Ostend and Ghent. Known mainly for his etchings and his drawings enhanced with watercolour, the artist reveals a prosaic reality (children playing, solitary walkers, old men sitting) marked by silent questioning and gentle melancholy. In the 1980s he also devoted himself to painting; he also worked in watercolor on backgrounds of juxtaposed engravings. Teaches at the Academy of Ostend. Collections Province of West Flanders (Bruges) Cabinet des Estampes (Brussels) Foundation for Contemporary Belgian Art (Brussels) (Dictionary of Belgian painters)