Simone TOUSSAINT (1940-2004) ‘Reflet’ Large expressionist oil on canvas, signed.

Simone TOUSSAINT (1940-2004) ‘Reflet’ Large expressionist oil on canvas, signed. Normal wear.

Belgian artist from Namur, painter and figurative sculptor, exuberant and monumental expressionist, student of Y. Gerard and Jean-Pierre Félix, professor of Plastic Arts at the Félicien Rops Institute in Namur. Created an obsessive world, painted deformed male and female characters (painting or sculpture) often naked, to the point of caricature, certainly influenced by Egon Schiele... Winner of the engraving prize in 1971, illustrated many works of literature. Numerous exhibitions in Belgium and abroad since 1978, mainly in Brussels, Liège, Knokke. Abroad in Paris, Hardelot, New York, Miami, Amsterdam and Munich. Most of her work is in Belgium and France where she lived since 1993.