Lot description
PAUL GEORGES KLEIN (1909 - 1994) - "Garnaalvissers"Shrimp Fishermen - litho - 32 x 74 cm Paul Georges Klein was a Belgian artist who worked in painting, drawing and illustration. In 1970, he moved to Temploux, on Rue Sainte Wivinne, to a large farmhouse he called Templerie des Hiboux, where he set up his studio. In 1982, he founded the Paul G. Klein Academy of Arts. In 1987, he left for Provence, where he died in 1994. He illustrated numerous books (François Villon, Jules Romains, Charles De Coster, etc.) and painted many subjects, with a preference for musicians and the performing arts. He was a friend of Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel, who described him as "the last ogre to drink tenderness .‘ He is also the painter seen in the music video for L'Éclusier, and the one Brel addresses when he says " Klein, mets moi un petit éclusier " several times in the song, creating a comical stage effect.