Ward Lernout

Biography

Lernout received his artistic training at the Stedelijke Academie in Menen, where the artists F. Wallecan and E. Van Overberghe also trained. Has been living in Tervuren since 1964, after a long stay in Africa. Although he was employed in the marketing and press business until 1990, he has presented annually in art galleries since 1970.

Criticism

Some comments by art critics :

"The traditional Flemish medium has not disappeared but is respected and cohabits with the new techniques of the fast approaching 21st century. This would all be nothing if there were not, behind each work of art, a man happy with what he is doing, an artist for whom colour is a source of life and life a generator exploding with colour, one more dense and warm than the next." Anita NARDON, A.I.C.A. - 1996

"Clearly, Ward Lernout's talent has reached full maturity. He has no need to resort to attractive effects or play on fashion trends. He has developed a style which conveys to the observer the 'joie de peindre' so evident in this type of art. Lernout is an artist richly inspired by man and nature, which enables him to express his love for rural life in sensual and fascinating pictorial interpretations." Remi De Cnodder, A.I.C.A. - 1991

1979–2005

1959–1978

With Mon Camelbeke

With his brother-in-law, the artist Mon Camelbeke:

Awards and selections