Gilbert Charles - Art Lexicon

Lexicon of foreign painters in Macedonia between 1850-1950

Charles Gilbert (1906–2000), Belgian

Born on Schaarbeek in 1906, died in 2000. Charles Gilbert was Belgian expressionist known for his light color palette who lived in Paris between 1918 and 1931, later lived in Luik (Liege). Worked as a teacher of graphic art between 1961-1971 and later as Director of the Art Academy in Liege. In the 1950s he travelled through Spain, Greece, and Yugoslavia, visiting Macedonia in 1958. Two of his Macedonian watercolors , titled” Skopje 1958” are in the possession of the author of this book. He is listed in P. Piron art lexicon and his paintings can be found in the Art Museum of Liege.

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This lexicon is a result of my 15 years long period of researching & documenting the personalities and the artworks of the foreign painters, sculptors, illustrators, and photographers having visited different spots of the geographic territory of Macedonia, there having created works of art there over a 100-years long period i.e. between 1850-1950. Their presence and artwork in the Macedonian milieus represent a notable cultural heritage to the international linkage of the ethnic Macedonians as well as to all the ethnicities living in the picturesque territory of Macedonia and the cultures of modern-day countries spread over parts of the geographic territory of Macedonia. Witnessing the artistic contributions of the foreign artist, we are proud of their Macedonia-themed creative works and experiences. I believe that their artworks, having been inspired and created over the vast region of Macedonia, unite us all in these challenging times, and under the facts and the values of the artistic beauty.

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