Roger Raveel 1921-2013
° Machelen-aan-de-leie, BE
+ Machelen-aan-de-leie, BE
Graduated at the Municipal Academy of Deinze, BE
and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Gent, BE
Lives and worked in Gent, BE.
Machelen-aan-de-Leie, a small village near Gent, is a place cherished by Roger Raveel. Being born there in 1921, he stayed there his whole life, living and working, until he passed away in 2013. As a result, he drew a lot of inspiration from the garden and the living room of his own home, for the compositions of his work. For him, the village was the world, yet this did not imply that Raveel was tied down locally. For stylistic features, he looked further away, drawing inspiration from artists such as Giotto, Van Gogh and Karel Appel.
Cobra art was introduced to him by Hugo Claus, who he met at 1945 after finalizing his studies at the Municipal Academy of Deinze and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent, where he was mentored by Hubert Malfait and Jos Verdegem. However, Raveel wanted to go in other directions with his art.
Raveel experimented with different styles and did not shy away from iterations of his own compositions. Thus, elements such as his hands, his cat, the kitchen table and pigeons take shape throughout his oeuvre. From these, he refined his own visual language with recognisable graphic elements, with which he tells the story of a modernising village. So, Raveel developed his “New vision”, by opting for the trivial aspects of everyday life and integrating these objects into his painting. Mirrors draw the viewer and the surroundings into the work. Art and life flows into each other, as if the two are intertwined.
The twists and turns that make Raveel's work exciting are evidently found in his paintings, but even more so in his drawings. Drawings was a main practice in his atelier which fuelled his paintings, it is a practical form of thinking. Looking at Raveel's works on paper, it becomes evident how his drawings discovered and explored motifs, and how he investigated compositions of forms on a white surface. His drawings are an important source of knowledge when looking at Raveel's oeuvre. They feed off each other, as well as his other works does.
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde represents only work on paper by Roger Raveel
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Words are very Unnecessary
Group Exhibition 29 Mar - 4 May 2025 New South -
Roger Raveel
Wegdromen in een landschap 22 Jun - 1 Sep 2024 South (former location)'Wegdromen in een landschap' ['Dreaming away in a landscape'] Curated by Joost Declercq Exhibition 'Wegdromen in een landschap' is dedicated to atypical work on paper from the Belgian artist Roger...Read more -
'It's all right, don't think twice'
Group exhibition 16 May - 16 Jun 2024 New South, South (former location)Titled after the Bob Dylan song, this double-exhibition which spans the two galleries of Sofie Van de Velde (South and New South), asks us to leave the matter behind us....Read more
Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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2024 |
'Zulma. Muze en manager', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2022 |
'Het niets, het licht en de dingen', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2021 |
'Roger Raveel: A Retrospective', BOZAR, Brussels, BE |
2020 |
'De wordingsjaren: 1941-1960', Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2011 |
'Roger Raveel: Even terugschouwen', Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem, NL |
2010 |
'Zulma. Muze, model en madame', homage exhibition for Raveel's late wife, Roger Raveel Museum, Zulte, BE |
2007 |
'De schilder spreekt', Venetiaanse Gaanderijen, Ostend, BE |
2005 |
'Het onhandige', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2004 |
'Kamermuziek', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2003 |
'Boekbeeld', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2002 |
'Einzelgänger', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2001 |
'Schildersgronden', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
1999 |
'Roger Raveel en het Woord', Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, NL |
1998 |
'Roger Raveel: Binnen is Buiten', Cultureel Centrum Stroming, Berlare, BE |
1996 |
'Roger Raveel: de verscheidenheid in de Nieuwe Visie', Galerij van de Kredietbank, Brussels, BE |
1992 |
'Het Niets, het licht en de dingen', Stedelijk Museum 'Het Toreke', Tienen, BE |
1991 |
'Roger Raveel 70', Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, NL |
1989 |
Fundaçào Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, PT |
1988 |
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, NL |
1986 |
'Roger Raveel: tekeningen en schilderijen', Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL |
1985 |
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, NL |
1984 |
Stichting Veranneman - Casino Knokke, Knokke, BE |
1983 |
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, BE |
1981 |
'Omtrent Roger Raveel', Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, BE |
1980 |
'De Nieuwe Visie', Gemeentelijk Museum Middelburg, Beerse, BE |
1979 |
Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem, BE |
1977 |
'Beervelde 66', Galerie Jean Leroy, Paris, FR |
1974 |
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL |
1973 |
Galerie Grafiek 50, Wakken, BE |
1972 |
Galerie Grafiek 50, Museum voor Schone Kunsten van Latem en Leiestreek, Deinze, BE |
1970 |
'Een spiegel van Roger Raveel', Gildhof Expocentrum, Tielt, BE |
1969 |
'Een spiegel van Roger Raveel', Vlees- en vishal (Frans Hals Museum), Haarlem, NL |
1967 |
'Beervelde 20', Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, NL |
1966 |
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, BE |
1965 |
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, NL |
1963 |
Cultureel Centrum, Oostende, BE |
1961 |
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, BE |
1954 |
Galerie Het Gentse Meubel, Ghent, BE |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2025 |
'BRAFA Art Fair 2025', Group presentation, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Brussels, BE |
2024 |
'BRAFA Art Fair 2024', Group presentation, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Brussels, BE |
2023 |
'Informele streken', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2021 |
'Subtiliteiten', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2020 |
'Muurschilderingen', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2019 |
'Jef Cornelis: 'Kunst is voor weinigen'', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2009 |
'Espace: Raveel en Nederland', Roger Raveel Museum, Zulte, BE |
2008 |
'Ensor & Raveel', Roger Raveel Museum, Zulte, BE |
2007 |
'7' (kunstenaars Amédée Cortier, Raoul De Keyser, René Heyvaert, Guy Mees, Roger Raveel,Dan Van Severen en Marthe Wéry), in collaboration with CERA, curated by Franz. W. Kaiser, Roger Raveel Museum, Zulte, BE |
2005 |
'Het onhandige', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2004 |
'Kamermuziek', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2003 |
'Een buitenland', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2002 |
'De wording', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de- Leie, BE |
2001 |
'Schildersgronden', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, BE |
2000 |
'Het merg van de kleur', Museum Deinze en Leiestreek, Deinze, BE |
1998 |
Art Gallery Ludwig Lefevre, Wortegem-Petegem, BE |
1997 |
'Roger Raveel en het woord', Cultureel Centrum Oude Kerk, St. Agatha-Berchem, BE |
1996 |
'De negende maand', Begijnhofhuisje, Tongeren, BE |
1992 |
'Papier beeld en basis', Oud Hospitaal Aalst, Aalst, BE |
1990 |
'Lithografieën', Cultureel Centrum, Heusden-Zolder, BE |
1989 |
'Euro-Arte', Guimaraes, PT |
1988 |
'Kleinbeeld', Galerie Mercatore, Antwerpen, BE |
1987 |
'Beelden en Banieren', Acquoy, NL |
1986 |
Studio Nocturne, Sint-Andries-Brugge, BE |
1984 |
'Hedendaagse schilderkunst', Oude Kerk, Vichte, BE |
1983 |
'Drie in één, een plastisch gebeuren', PNT, Tienen, BE |
1982 |
Kasteel Printhagen, Kortessem, BE |
1981 |
'Vierkantig', Galerij Drieghe, Wetteren, BE |
1980 |
'150 jaar Belgische schilderkunst', Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, BE |
1979 |
'La Fondation Veranneman', Galerie de France, Paris, FR |
1978 |
'Vierde kollektieve tentoonstelling', Medisch-Pedagogisch Instituut, Evergem, BE |
1977 |
'Een nieuwe visie', Gemeentelijke Van Reekumgalerij, Apeldoorn, NL |
1976 |
'Soucasné Flàamské umeni', Art Centrum, Prague, CZ |
1975 |
Gemeentelijk Cultuurcentrum De Vlier, Sint-Amandsberg, BE |
1974 |
Sint-Hubertkerk, Loverval, BE |
1973 |
'Hedendaagse Vlaamse Kunst '73', C.I.C., Ghent, BE |
1972 |
'Realisme nu', Kunstgalerij De Vuyst, Lokeren, BE |
1971 |
'Aquarel en gouache', Gemeentehuis, Hemiksem, BE |
1970 |
'Mini-formaten', Galerie Richard Foncke, Ghent, BE |
1969 |
'Nederlandse grafiek', Galerij M.A.S., Deinze, BE |
1968 |
'Kunstbezit in ieders bereik', Cultureel Centrum, Mechelen, BE |
1967 |
Galerij Contrast, Ghent, BE |
1966 |
'Triënnale van de Zuidelijke Nederlanden', Cultureel Centrum De Beyerd, Breda, NL |
1965 |
'10 Kunstsalons', Gildhof Expocentrum, Europafeesten, Tielt, BE |
1964 |
Galerie Contour, Brussels, BE |
1963 |
'De verzamelaar en de hedendaagse schilderkunst', Galerie 'Les Contemporains', Brussels, BE |
1962 |
'Forum 62. Kortrijk, Broeltoren en Museum: Visie 62', Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, BE |
1961 |
'Forum 61', Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, BE |
1960 |
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, BE |
1959 |
Museum A. Vanderhaeghen, Ghent, BE |
1956 |
'5e Zuidvlaamse Kunstsalon', Klooster van de Dames Bernardinne, Leupegem, BE |
1954 |
'Vierjaarlijkse Salon', Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, BE |
1953 |
'Salon Quatriennal', Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège, BE |
1951 |
'Jongeren', Galerij, Bruges, BE |
1949 |
Kunst-en Letterkring, Ghent, BE |
1948 |
'La Relève', Zaal Vyncke-Van Eyck, Ghent, BE |
1946 |
'Jonge schilders', Zaal Ars, Ghent, BE |
1945 |
'Jonge schilders', Zaal Ars, Ghent, BE |
Bibliography
2021 |
Roger Raveel: Retrospection |
2013 |
Roger Raveel, het overzicht |
2006 |
Roger Raveel: Een verschrikkelijk mooi leven. |