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121 - BARBAIX René (1909–1966)
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BARBAIX René (1909–1966) The Clown, 1947. Oil on canvas. 116 × 80 cm. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Marguerite Barbaix, the artist’s daughter, Faulx-les-Tombes. Later in the collection of Francis Tourneur. R. Clauzet-Minardi Collection, Paris. Private collection, Brussels. Exhibitions: La Jeune Peinture Belge, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, October–November 1947. René Barbaix Retrospective, founding member of La Jeune Peinture Belge, Cultural Centre, Toulouse, 1977. René Barbaix Retrospective, founding member of La Jeune Peinture Belge, Maison de la Culture, Namur, 1978. A customs label relating to this latter exhibition is affixed to the reverse. Literature: Phil Mertens, *La Jeune Peinture Belge*, Éditions Laconti, Brussels, 1975, reproduced on p. 123, plate 92, and mentioned on p. 142. André Jocou, René Barbaix 1909–1966, founding member of the Jeune Peinture Belge 1945–1948, Éditions Solédi, Liège, 1980, reproduced on p. 6. K. J. Geirlandt, L’Art en Belgique depuis 45, Fonds Mercator, 1983, mentioned on p. 64. La Jeune Peinture Belge 1945–1948, Crédit Communal, 1992, exhibition catalogue, mentioned on p. 207. Note: An important work from the Jeune Peinture Belge period, *Le clown* was first exhibited in 1947 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and has a family provenance dating back to Marguerite Barbaix, the artist’s daughter. Its inclusion in several publications devoted to the movement, notably its reproduction in Phil Mertens’s reference work, as well as in André Jocou’s monograph on René Barbaix, attests to its significance within the painter’s oeuvre. René Barbaix was one of the founding members of Jeune Peinture Belge, formed in 1945 around Robert Delevoy and René Lust. The group, which remained active until 1948, played a key role in the renewal of Belgian painting in the immediate post-war period, alongside artists such as Gaston Bertrand, Anne Bonnet, Marc Mendelson, Mig Quinet, Rik Slabbinck and Louis Van Lint.
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Auction time 10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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