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Jos Verdegem (1897-1957)
Jos Verdegem (1897-1957)
Born in Gent in a family of workers in the textile factory's. He worked with a painter of houses and went to the academy of Gent were he had Frits Van de Berghe as one of his tutors. In 1913 he followed courses by George Minne. Albert Saverys was one of his fellow pupils.
He went to the war as a volentary and was wounded in september 1914 and brought to Great Britain. Only in 1917 he could return and joined the 'Kunstcompagnie' (lfred Bastien, Achiel Van Sassenbroeck, Médard Maertens and Anne-Pierre de Kat). After the war he followed course by Jean Delvin and started a painters studio in 'het pand. 19220 seems to be the year of his break-through. He parcitipated at exhibitions in Gent, Brussels and Antwerp and went to Paris were he stayed untill the end of the twenty's. Exhibitions: 'Le Centaure' 'Salon des Indépendants' et 'Salon d’Automne'
In 1929 he came back to Gent but it was hard to connect with the avant-garde and he accepted a position as tutor at the academy of Gent.
In the years 1938-1939 he devoted himself mainmy to etchings and drawings. The second world war was a new setback. He lost his job and got forgotten untill the year 1977 when a catalogue of his etchings was published. This helped to be recognized as an artist who filled in the Flemish expressionism and post-expresionism in his own sensitive manner.
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