Paul Van Hoeydonck
(Antwerp,
1925 )
Paul Van Hoeydonck studied Art History and Archaeology before becoming, as a young artist, closely involved in the development of post-war Abstract Art. In the mid 1950s Van Hoeydonck was a member of the groups Art Abstrait, Formes and Art Construit. He is also one of the driving spirits of G58 Hessenhuis. From 1958 to 1962 he inspired young Flemish artists to get in touch with the international post-war avant-garde: from Zero to nouveau réalisme. After a monochrome period with ‘light works’ and experiments with Zero painting, Van Hoeydonck radically renewed his oeuvre from the 1960s onwards and developed – in the spirit of nouveau réalisme – his own ‘space art’. In paintings, assemblages, sculptures and installations, Van Hoeydonck has been immersing himself in the interaction between man and the cosmos for more than five decades. Art on Campus owns several of Paul Van Hoeydonck’s masterpieces and, in 2022, the artist received an honorary doctorate for general merits from the University of Antwerp.
