FRANCIS DUSÉPULCHRE 1934-2013

Francis Dusépulchre, born in 1934 in Seneffe, was a Belgian painter and sculpture in the abstract minimalist tradition.

Dusépulchre was part of the generation of Belgian artists who sought to broaden the field of abstract art which emerged at the start of the century and whose scope for further expansion was getting thin on the ground. To do so, they started bringing innovations in the area of shapes but also in terms of the ever more surprising techniques and materials they adopted, whilst embracing the technological developments of their time. Over time, Dusépulchre stripped his work of everything that was superfluous, to be left only with what he considered to be essential in order to invite the beholder to go on a mental journey, an intimate and sensory experience. 

Dusépulchre exhibited in major international exhibitions throughout his life and created works for the Mariemont museum, the park of the garden city of Trazegnies, the foyer of the Nivelles cultural center, the University of Sart Tilman in Liège and for the Charleroi metro.