Mathieu Ficheroux

Ficheroux was educated at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (now Willem de Kooning Academy) in Rotterdam from 1945 to 1949, where he studied at the advertising and publicity department. After graduation he was lecturer at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten from 1949 to 1953, where he taught fashion photography. As independent artist he started painting in 1955 and sculpting in 1960. His style of painting developed over the years: In the 1960s he made abstract expressionist paintings, in the 1970s "bad" paintings, and in the 1980s line paintings. In 1969 he was awarded the Hendrik Chabot Award. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held by the Chabot Museum in Rotterdam in 2008. == Work ==

The work of Ficheroux 's work is characterized by a carefully considered design and perfect execution, with elements of alienation, damage, and impair. One of his lines about his "bad" paintings was: "To complete a good work of art, you always need a little spoiling." In the 1992-93 Ficheroux made large wall paintings in the former director offices in Hotel New York. In 1993 he also designed the sculpture Vergeten Bombardment (Forgotten bombardment) in memory of the bombing of Rotterdam West on 31 March 1943. == Gallery ==

File:Portret Multatuli (1975), Rotterdam by Mathieu Ficheroux 02.JPG|Portrait Multatuli (1975), Rotterdam File:Portret Multatuli (1975), Rotterdam by Mathieu Ficheroux 01.JPG|Portrait Multatuli (1975), Rotterdam File:Onthulling Louis Davids Monument in Rotterdam burgemeester Peper en Mathieu Fic, Bestanddeelnr 932-8157.jpg|Disclosure Louis Davids monument in Rotterdam, 1984 File:Rotterdam monument louis davids.jpg|Louis Davids monument in 2005 File:Rotterdam kunstwerk Louis Davids.jpg|Louis Davids monument (1984), detail File:Locatie van Mathieu Ficheroux's Louis Davids monument (1983), 2018.jpg|Location Louis Davids monument, 2018 File:Rotterdam kunstwerk vergeten bombardement.jpg|Forgotten bombardment (1993), Rotterdam. == Art works in public spaces ==

• 1975, Portret Multatuli, Rotterdam • 1979, Cast iron Thonet chairs in Rotterdam city center • 1984, Monument Louis Davids, Rotterdam • 1991, Monumental design Poetry International, De Doelen, Rotterdam • 1993, Beeldspoor, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam • 1993, Monument 'het Vergeten Bombardement', Rotterdam == References ==