Luc Tuymans
Belgian visual artist · Belgium · On the map · Artists · Born 1958 · age 68
Luc Tuymans is a Belgian visual artist best known for his paintings which explore people's relationship with history and confront their ability to ignore it. World War II is a recurring theme in his work.
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Luc Tuymans, Antichambre, 1985Oil on canvas, 69.9 × 80.1 cm, 271⁄2 × 319⁄16 inches, Collection M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp - Collection of the Flemish Community
Luc Tuymans, Body, 1990Oil on canvas, 48.5 × 38.5 cm, 19 1⁄8 × 15 1⁄4 inches, Collection S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
Luc Tuymans, Der diagnostische Blick IV, 1992. Oil on canvas, 57 × 38.2 cm, 22 1⁄2 × 15 1⁄8 inches, Private collection, on long-term loan to De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg
Luc Tuymans, Lumumba, 2000, oil on canvas, 62 × 46 cm, 24 3⁄8 × 18 1⁄8 inches, Collection The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Luc Tuymans, The Shore, 2014Oil on canvas, 194.2 × 353.7 cm, 761⁄2 × 1391⁄4 inches, Collection Tate Modern, London.Presented by the artist and David Zwirner, 2016
Luc Tuymans, Dead Skull, 2010MAS Museum aan de Stroom, AntwerpAwards
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He is a key figure of the generation of European figurative painters who gained renown at a time when many believed the medium had lost its relevance due to the new digital age.
