Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Sketch Drawings and Notes
Loose sketches, diagrams, and drawings reveal insights into the artist’s finished paintings and his theories, such as Afnemend licht is toenemend donker. Toenemend licht is afnemend donker. [Dwindling light is expanding darkness. Expanding light is dwindling darkness.] This collection of sketches contains references, calculations, colour studies, and new ideas, underscoring Jef Verheyen’s calibre as a contemplative artist.
Works

Linocut, 1952
Jef Verheyen
Drawing, linosnede, 18,2 x 24,7 cm

Study, 1953
Jef Verheyen
Drawing, ink, crayon and pencil on paper, 27 x 35,8 cm

Design drawing for a three-faced ceramic pot, 1955
Jef Verheyen
Ceramics, pencil on paper, 39,6 x 22,7 cm

Ceramics study for mask figure, 1955
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ballpoint pen on paper, 2 sides

Kontrasten, 1956-1957
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink and pencil on paper, 3 sides

Colour study, 1957
Jef Verheyen
Drawing, watercolour on paper (two-sided), 26,8 x 35,7 cm

Sketch drawing about analytic drawing, 1957
Jef Verheyen
Text, pencil on paper, 2 sides

Notes about modernism, 1957
Jef Verheyen
Text, ink on paper

De vergelijking tussen schilderkunst en dichtkunst, 1958
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 2 sides

Zon - Aarde / Warm - Koud / Wit - geel - rood - blauw- zwart - blauw - rood - geel - wit (Pour une peinture non plastique), 1958-1959
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink and pencil on paper, copies, 5 sides

Rode Ruimte, 1958-1959
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink and pencil on paper, 2 sides

Annotated study sketch by Jef Verheyen about “diminishing light is increasing darkness”, 1959
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 2 sides

Dag en Nacht (Nl, D), 1960-1961
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 3 sides

Metascope - Kogels in de ruimte (Nl, D), 1960
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper, 3 sides

Kleurtest: Paul De Vree, 1962
Jef Verheyen, Paul De Vree
Text, ink on paper, 1 side

Eonen, 1972
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper (copy), 1 side

Jef Verheyen, 1973
Ivo Michiels, Frank Philippi, R. Stanislawski, Jef Verheyen
Book, ink on paper

Dia - l'eternelle Renaissance, 1974
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper (copy), 1 side

Notes on Axel Vervoordt toont 9 schilderijen. 'Provence' van Jef Verheyen, 1974
Jef Verheyen, Axel Vervoordt
Book, ink on paper, 22 pages

Drie elementen in de ruimte / Kleuren van licht naar donker, 1975
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper (copy), 2 sides

Grootsheid en eenvoud van de ruimte, 1975
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper (copy), 2 sides

6 Variaties op een thema: Morgen - Zee - Aarde - Nacht - l'Air - Vuur, 1976
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil and ink on paper (copy), 2 sides

L'instant = spontanité, 1976
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper (copy), 5 sides

Ruimte in een schilderij (Nl, D), 1976
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper, 4 sides

Voorkant is Achterkant (Nl, D), 1976
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper (copy), 3 sides

De dia-logos met het licht is de reden waarom ik schilder / De ideale stad Urbino, 1977
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper (copy), 2 sides

Spectra-chromie - Spectrale diametrie (Nl, D), 1978
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper (copy), 2 sides

Le Pic du Midi / Senanque om 12 uur, 1978
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper, photograph (copy), 1 side

Een nieuwe ervaring van de ruimte / La table d'emerande , 1979
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper, 2 sides

Les positions d'une surface, 1979
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper (copy), 1 side

Le Grand Oeuvre, 1980
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper (copy), 1 side

Studies for 'Grand Oeuvre'
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, pencil on paper, 2 sides

De Vreemdelingen en de Uitverkorenen
Jef Verheyen
Text, ink on paper, 4 sides

De kleurcurve van een zonsondergang / geel oranje rood violet donkerblauw
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 1 side

Amaterie / Onbepaalde
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on pencil, 1 side

Ceramics study for torso with coat and mirror eyes
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ballpoint pen on paper, 2 sides

Ceramics study for cone figure with legs and arms as vase or jug
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ballpoint pen on paper, 2 sides

Ceramics study for round body with small head and long legs
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ballpoint pen on paper, 2 sides

Ceramics study for shell with figure
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ballpoint pen on paper, 2 sides

Raam - Espace dans l'Espace
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 1 side

Ruimte op het doek
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 1 side

Van Rood naar Rood / Von Rot nach Rot
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 3 sides

Boven / Onder - Oben / Unten
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink and pencil on paper, 3 sides

Studie I - Koude en warme kleuren
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink and pencil on paper, 2 sides

Spiraalvormig - I X I
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 3 sides

Diagonalen - Hommage à Monet - Lasers - Kleurkaders - Ruimten - Goud
Jef Verheyen
Sketch, ink on paper, 4 sides

Thoughts about a gallery cooperation
Jef Verheyen
Text, ink on paper, 1 page