Francis Dusépulchre 1934-2013

Solo Exhibitions

1964

City Hall, Morlanwelz

1969

Cultural Centre, Trazegnies

1970

Orangery of the Castle, Le Roeulx

 

Orangery, Mariemont

1972

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi

1974

Walt Gallery, Knokke

 

Galerie Tendances Contemporaines, La Louvière

1975

Walt Gallery, Knokke

1976

Cultural Centre, Carnières

1977

Mathys Gallery, Herstal

1979

Detour Gallery, Jambes

 

Les Trois Portes Gallery, Mons

 

Le Volcan Gallery, Charleroi

1980

Arturiale Gallery, Liège

 

Armorial Gallery, Brussels

1981

Galerie Tendances Contemporaines, La Louvière

 

Cultural Centre, Neder-Over-Heembeek, Brussels

1982

Arturiale Gallery, Liège

 

Vecu Gallery, Antwerp

 

Armorial Gallery, Brussels

1983

Arturiale Gallery, Knokke

1984

Detour Gallery, Jambes

 

Galerie Tendances Contemporaines, La Louvière

1985

Margal Gallery, Saint-Martin-de-Londres, Brussels

 

Cultural Centre, Bonsecours

1987

A Tower for Europe – public presentation of the Finance Tower cladding project, Le Botanique, Brussels

 

La Main Gallery, Brussels

 

Cultural Centre, Tournai

1988

An Artist as Prophet in His Region, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi

 

Éphémère Gallery, Montigny-le-Tilleul

1990

Pim De Rudder Gallery, Assenede

 

Debras-Bical Gallery, Brussels

1991

Foundation Helan Arts, Bornem

 

Debras-Bical Gallery, Découvertes Art Fair

1992

Its Art Ist Gallery, La Hulpe

 

Piatno Gallery, Sint-Idesbald

 

Piretti Gallery, Ostend

1993

Hors Limites Gallery, Tournai

1994

Debras-Bical Gallery, Brussels

1995

Schlassgoart Gallery, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

 

Amaryllis Gallery, Brussels

 

Cultural House, Namur

1996

Piatno Gallery, Sint-Idesbald

1997

Its Art Ist Gallery, Waterloo

1999

Its Art Ist Gallery, Waterloo

 

Amaryllis Gallery, Brussels

 

Expo x3 (with Fourez & Panamarenko), Ianchelevici Museum, La Louvière

2000

Mareterre Artes Gallery, Eeklo

 

Schlassgoart Gallery, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

2001

Its Art Ist Gallery, Waterloo

 

Maîtrise, Braine-l'Alleud

 

Petits Plaisirs, Debras-Bical Gallery, Brussels

2002–2003

ABC Gallery, Brussels

2005

Art in the City, Balthazar Gallery, Tournai

2006

The Geometry of Sensibility, La Louvière

2007

Art in the City, Museum of Fine Arts, Tournai

2011

Espace B Gallery (with Jean-Michel François), Glabais

2012

Lieve Lambrecht Gallery (with Hilde Van Sumere), Merendree

2018

Ap'Art Gallery, Ghent

2021

The Language of Shadows, Patinoire Royale / Valérie Bach Gallery, Brussels

     

 


 

Group Exhibitions

 

1969Hainaut Open-Air Sculpture, Binche Park

1971Hainaut Fine Arts Triennial, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
     Young Art in Belgium, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
     Art and Education, Université du Travail, Charleroi

1973Concrete Art in Hainaut, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi

1974 – Cercle Artistique, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
     Concrete Art in Hainaut, Museum of Fine Arts, Mons

1975Concrete Art in Hainaut, Maison de la Culture Les Chiroux, Liège
     Aspect 2, Studio 44, Brussels

1976Contemporary Open-Air Sculpture, Parc de la Dodaine, Nivelles
     Aspect 2, Cultural Centre, Hasselt; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
     Concrete Art in Hainaut, Sigma 13, Tournai
     Hainaut Artists' Triennial, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi

1977 – Opening Exhibition, Sart Tilman Campus, Liège
     Living Hainaut, Passage 44, Brussels

19783 × 3, Salle Saint-Georges, Mons; Maison de la Culture, Mouscron; Municipal Theatre Hall, La Louvière

1979 – Biennial of Contemporary Art, Palais des Arts et de la Culture, Brest, France
     Unusual Materials, Salle Saint-Georges, Liège
     Concrete Art in Hainaut, Maison de la Culture, Namur
     Hainaut Artists' Triennial, Museum of Fine Arts, Mons

1980Concrete Art in Hainaut, Salle Saint-Georges, Mons

1981 – Biennial of Contemporary Art, Brest, France
     Biennial of Criticism, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi & ICC, Antwerp
     Sculptures in Colour, Van Buuren Museum, Brussels

1982 – Foundation for Contemporary Belgian Art Serge Goyens de Heusch: Seventy Belgian Artists, inaugural exhibition, Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve
     Lux 3 (Dusépulchre, Helleweegen, Leblanc), Museum of Fine Arts, Verviers
     Biennial of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Liège

1983Aspects of Contemporary Belgian Art, National Bank, Charleroi

1984Transparency–Light, Le Botanique, Brussels
     Sculptural Surface, Atelier 340, Brussels
     Inaugural exhibition of the new Museum of Modern Art, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

1987Abstract Art in Belgium, Serge Goyens de Heusch Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Mons

1991Monumental 1990: Contemporary Belgian Monumental Sculpture, Helan-Arts Foundation, Bornem

1993–1995Confrontations, travelling IBM exhibition

1996–1997Vasarely Homages, Museum of Fine Arts, Charleroi; Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence

1998Figures de Proue, sculptures from the Collection of the Province of Hainaut, Wallonia-Brussels Centre, Paris

1999Around Jean Dubois: The Rigour of Sensibility, Museum of Fine Arts, Charleroi
     Reservoir of Ideas: Art Projects for a Capital, ISELP, Brussels

2000Expo 3, 2000 (Dusépulchre, Fourez & Panamarenko), Ianchelevici Museum & Municipal Theatre, La Louvière

2001Art & Mathematics: The Meeting of Two Worlds, Museum of Fine Arts, Charleroi
     Belgian Constructed Art (Yesterday to Tomorrow), Ianchelevici Museum, La Louvière
     A Twentieth Century of Art in Wallonia, Museum of Fine Arts, Mons; Salle Saint-Georges, Mons; Machine à Eau, Mons

2002When Art Embraces Place, BPS22, Charleroi

2003Abstractions: A Century of Abstract Art in Wallonia and Brussels, Le Botanique, Brussels

2004Belgian Constructed Sculpture: Variable Geometries, Ianchelevici Museum, La Louvière

2005Constructed Abstractions in the French Community of Belgium, 1922–1980, Parliament of the French Community, Brussels

2006Galerie Tendances Contemporaines: 70 Years and Beyond, Ianchelevici Museum, La Louvière

2008–2009The Cube Squared, travelling exhibition

2014Belgian Geometric Abstraction from 1945 to the Present, BAM, Mons

2015Belgian Geometric Abstraction, Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France

2017Sculpting Belgium, Patinoire Royale / Valérie Bach Gallery, Brussels

2019Gigantism & Industry, FRAC Nord–Pas-de-Calais, Grand Large, Dunkirk, France


Public Collections

  • Musée L, Louvain-la-Neuve
  • SMAK – Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent
  • Collection of the Province of Hainaut
  • Ianchelevici Museum, La Louvière
  • Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
  • Ixelles Museum, Brussels
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Verviers
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Charleroi
  • Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
  • Corporate collections: Belfius, ING, Delen Private Bank, National Bank of Belgium

Architectural Integrations

1971Signal, Garden City Park, Trazegnies

1974Cathedral, Grand-Hornu, Hornu

1975Signal, entrance to the Royal Museum of Mariemont, Mariemont

1982Spatial Articulations – Drawn Shadows, Hall of the Cultural Centre, Nivelles

1983Habitable Environment, Beaux-Arts Metro Station, Charleroi

1990Spatial Undulations, entrance to the Sud Press printing works, Charleroi

1995Spatial Articulations, Hall II of the Administrative Buildings of the Walloon Region, Jambes

1998Signal–Pathway, sculptural installation for the Hall of Lost Steps and courtroom of the new Justice of the Peace, Seneffe

2008Signal, Le Point d'Eau swimming pool, La Louvière


Awards

1971 – Nemery Prize, Namur

1971, 1973, 1978 – Europe Prize for Painting, Ostend

1972 – Madame Bollinger Prize, Brussels

1972–1974 – Young Belgian Painting Prize, Brussels

1979 – First Prize for Sculpture, First Biennial of Contemporary Art, Brest, France