Description
Watercolor Composition 1959

Dimensions
33 x 43 cm

Artist or Maker
Jean Milo (1906-1993)

Condition

Very Good Condition as pictured

Jean Milo was the pseudonym of Belgian author and artist Émile Van Gindertael. He was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode during 1906 and died in 1993 at Rixensart. He was also a painter, poet, essayist and novelist.

Biography
From 1926 to 1931, Jean Milo was the director of the Belgian Gallery Le Centaure. As a painter, he was influential over Edgard Tytgat who wrote a biography about him. He helped found the Art abstrait group in 1952. Then, in 1980, he created a series of photo-collages which are now held by the Verbeke Foundation in Belgium.