Robert Clicque Works 1974-1982
Catalogue of the selling exhibition in Galerie St-John, Gent open from 17/03 to 14/05/2023. 58 original works by artist Robert Clicque, from the period 1974-1980. Most of the works remained unseen for the last 40 years.
Catalogue of the selling exhibition in Galerie St-John, Gent open from 17/03 to 14/05/2023. 58 original works by artist Robert Clicque, from the period 1974-1980. Most of the works remained unseen for the last 40 years.
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<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
Galerie St–John<br />
presents<br />
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
<strong>Works</strong> <strong>1974</strong> – <strong>1982</strong><br />
K a b i n e t 1<br />
A Selling Exhibition<br />
Galerie St-John<br />
Bij St-Jacobs 15A/Nieuwpoort 2 (gps)<br />
9000 Gent<br />
17/03-14/05/2023<br />
Open:<br />
Thursday 14-18h<br />
Friday – Saturday 10-12h & 14-18h<br />
Sunday 10-12h<br />
& Private viewings by appointment<br />
st-john.be
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
Please note that:<br />
All works in the catalogue are for sale, save one which belongs to the artist and is marked<br />
with an *.<br />
All works on paper are sold unframed.<br />
Please contact us for prices.<br />
Dimensions are noted as: height x width and in centimetre.<br />
We can provide you with specific shipping quotes. <strong>Works</strong> can also be collected at the gallery<br />
or delivered by us at your doorstep.<br />
Due to the artist’s delicate use of colours and texture, it is advised to come to the gallery and<br />
see the works live. Our photographs cannot convey the nuance and subtle technique with<br />
which <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> constructed his art and serve merely as an adequate illustration.<br />
The gallery can provide the buyer with a photo certificate of a work, signed by the artist.<br />
All works come directly from the artist and are in good condition. However some works show<br />
traces of wear due to age and storage. On demand, condition reports can be provided.
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
<strong>Works</strong> <strong>1974</strong>-<strong>1982</strong><br />
The work of <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> has taken a new direction in <strong>1974</strong>.<br />
The artist moves away from Pop Art and other influences, to come to an art where the<br />
depiction of reality becomes almost abstract. An extreme concentration of vision, when<br />
looking at nature as a subject, results in paintings that become minimal in their use of pictorial<br />
language. However, as <strong>Clicque</strong> states, nature is not static but in continuous flux. Therefore, as<br />
an artist, one must continuously examine the way in which one observes reality and the way<br />
in which one depicts one’s vision of reality.<br />
So parallel to the seascapes and landscapes, ‘Corrections’ and ‘Line paintings’ appear, which<br />
dissect the very fundamentals of drawing, painting and observing.<br />
By coming into contact with the drawings of Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci in London<br />
in the seventies, <strong>Clicque</strong> also starts questioning the way in which one sees and depicts space<br />
and objects which are seemingly ‘objective’. Cubes, circles, lines are traditionally elements<br />
which one uses to construct a painting. But as <strong>Clicque</strong> shows, these objective renderings are<br />
merely conventions, and one can depict cubes and circles in a different way.<br />
Thus lies open the path to a new reality, constructed through the use of alternative and<br />
personal pictorial building stones. In this way, <strong>Clicque</strong> constructs a personal view of reality,<br />
founded on his research on the fundamentals of painting in the 1970’s.<br />
We want to thank <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> for his relentless enthusiasm for this exhibition.<br />
<strong>Robert</strong> has personally designed and mounted the exhibition, true to his own ideas.<br />
It is a privilege having him and his work at the gallery and working with him has been an<br />
inspiring journey, resulting in an art environment at the sacristy of the chapel.<br />
Kabinet denominates a series of exhibitions, which can be varied in nature and will be held at<br />
the sacristy of the chapel of Gallery St-John, Ghent, Belgium, of which this is the first one.<br />
Raf & Emmy Steel
Catalogue <strong>Works</strong> from <strong>1974</strong> to <strong>1982</strong><br />
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
1. ‘Seascape’, 1975<br />
Watercolour on paper<br />
26,4 x 19,5 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘R. <strong>Clicque</strong> 1975’ in pencil<br />
Title bottom left and centre ‘Sea Scape / Colour Beginnings’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
2. ‘Seascape’, 1975<br />
Watercolour on paper<br />
26,4 x 19,5 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘R. <strong>Clicque</strong> 1975’ in pencil<br />
Title bottom left and centre ‘Sea Scape / Colour Beginnings’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
3. ‘Seascape’, 1975<br />
Watercolour on paper<br />
26,4 x 19,5 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘R. <strong>Clicque</strong> 1975’ in pencil<br />
Title bottom left and centre ‘Sea Scape / Colour Beginnings’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
4. ‘Seascape’, 1975<br />
Watercolour on paper<br />
26,4 x 19,5 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘R. <strong>Clicque</strong> 1975’ in pencil<br />
Title bottom left and centre ‘Sea Scape / Colour Beginnings’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
5. ‘Seascape’, 1975<br />
Oil on canvas laid down on board<br />
31 x 27,5 cm<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 75 / n° 18 / Belgradsostr. 60 / Gent’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
7. ‘Seascape’, 1975<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
100 x 80 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 75 / Sea - Scape’ in felt tip pen<br />
Label at the back of the stretcher of an exhibition at the ACLVB, Gent on the 28 th of April<br />
1976, cat. No. 78.
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
8. ‘Seascape’, 1975<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
100 x 80 cm<br />
Signed and dated at the back of the canvas ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 75’ in felt tip pen<br />
Label at the back of the stretcher of an exhibition at the ACLVB, Gent on the 28 th of April<br />
1976, cat. No. 77.
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
9. ‘horizontal vertical diagonal’, 1976<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
39,2 x 25,6 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 76’ in pencil<br />
Title bottom left ‘horizontaal vertikaal diagonaal’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
10. ‘Beginnings’, 1976<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
39,2 x 25,6 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed, titled and dated bottom right ‘Beginnings / <strong>Clicque</strong> 76’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
11. ‘Diagonal I’, 1976<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976 / Diagonaal I’ in felt tip<br />
pen.
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
12. ‘Diagonal II’, 1976<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976 / Diagonaal II’ in felt tip<br />
pen.
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
13. ‘Untitled’, 1976<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
73 x 55 cm (on a sheet of 80 x 60 cm)<br />
Signed and dated top left ‘R. <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
14. ‘Untitled’, 1976<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
73 x 55 cm (on a sheet of 80 x 60 cm)<br />
Signed and dated top right ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 76.’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
15. ‘Untitled’, 1976<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976 / Z.T.’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
16. ‘Untitled’, 1976<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> / 1976 / Z.T.’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
17. ‘Untitled’, 1976<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
73 x 55 cm (on a sheet of 80 x 60 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 76’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
18. ‘Untitled’, 1976<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
73 x 55 cm (on a sheet of 80 x 60 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
19. ‘Untitled’, 1976<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
73 x 55 cm (on a sheet of 80 x 60 cm)<br />
Signed and dated top left ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
20. ‘Two Lines vertical’, 1976<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976 / Two lines vertikaal’ in<br />
felt tip pen.
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
21. ‘Two Squares’, 1976<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976 / Two Squares’ in felt tip<br />
pen.
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
22. ‘Two Lines horizontal’, 1976<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1976 / Two Lines horizontaal’ in<br />
felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
23. ‘Grey’, 1977<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1977 / Gray’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
24. ‘Rose’, 1977<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> / 1977 / Rose’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
25. ‘Landscape’, 1977<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
60 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1977 / Landcsape’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
26. ‘Untitled’, 1977<br />
Oil, ink and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
32 x 28,5 cm (with artist’s frame)<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 77’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
27. ‘Untitled’, 1977<br />
Oil, ink and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
32 x 28,5 cm (with artist’s frame)<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 77’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
28. ‘Untitled’, 1977<br />
Oil and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
32 x 28,5 cm (with artist’s frame)<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> / 1977 / 3’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
29. ‘Untitled’, 1977<br />
Oil and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
32 x 28,5 cm (with artist’s frame)<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> / 1977 / 4’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
30. ‘Untitled’, 1977<br />
Oil and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
32 x 28,5 cm (with artist’s frame)<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> / 1977 / 5’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
31. ‘Eight Lines’, 1977<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
100 x 80 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘Eight Lines / <strong>Clicque</strong> 77’ in paint, signed<br />
on the stretcher ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> Belgradostr. 60’
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
32. ‘Four Lines’, 1977<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
100 x 80 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1977 / Four Lines’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
33. ‘Cross Lines’, 1977<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
100 x 80 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> / 1977 / Cross - Lines’ in felt tip<br />
pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
34. ‘Cross Lines’, 1977<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
100 x 80 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> / 1977’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
35. ‘Seascape’, 1977<br />
Watercolour on paper<br />
28,7 x 19,7 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom left ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1977’ in pencil<br />
Titled bottom right ‘Sea-Scape’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
36. ‘Horizon – Circle I’, 1978<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
70 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> / 78 / Horizon – circle / I / R<br />
<strong>Clicque</strong> 1978’ in green and red paint (?) and in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
37. ‘Horizon – Circle II’, 1978<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
70 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> / 78 / Horizon – circle / II / R<br />
<strong>Clicque</strong> / 1978’ in green and red paint (?) and in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
38. ‘Square’, 1978<br />
watercolour on paper<br />
36 x 27 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1978’ in pencil<br />
Titled bottom left ‘vierkant’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
39. ‘Corrections – Midpoint I’, 1978<br />
Oil and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
32 x 28,5 cm (with artist’s frame)<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 78 / Korrektie / Middelpunt I’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
40. ‘Corrections – Midpoint II’, 1978<br />
Oil and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
32 x 28,5 cm (with artist’s frame)<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 78 / Korrektie / Middelpunt / II’ in pencil
Piet Ysabie, portret van <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> voor ‘Sequence, 1978’, ca. 1980.<br />
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
41. ‘Sequence’, 1978<br />
Oil, pencil and ink on canvas, laid down on board<br />
14 x 31 cm (each)<br />
Numbered ‘1-5’ on a label at the back, and one signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 1978.’<br />
in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
42. ‘Plan of Ryôan-ji Kyôto II’, 1978 *<br />
Watercolour and pencil on paper<br />
76,5 x 56,5 cm (on a sheet of 80 x 60 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom right ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 78’ in pencil<br />
Titled middle right ‘Plan of / Ryôan-ji / Kyôto’ and ‘II’ bottom right in pencil<br />
* This work is not for sale
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
43. ‘Circle’, 1979<br />
Watercolour on paper<br />
28 x 19 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom left ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1979’ in pencil<br />
Titled bottom right-centre ‘Cirkel’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
44. ‘Circle’, 1979<br />
Watercolour and pencil on paper<br />
39,4 x 28 cm (on a sheet of 65 x 50 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom left ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1979’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
45. ‘Corrections’, 1979<br />
Oil and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
27,5 x 31 cm<br />
Signed and dated bottom left ‘© <strong>Clicque</strong> 79’ and numbered ‘38’ bottom right in pencil<br />
Monogrammed and dated at the back ‘R C 1979’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
46. ‘Corrections’, 1979<br />
Oil and pencil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
27,5 x 31 cm<br />
Signed and dated bottom left ‘© <strong>Clicque</strong> 79’ and numbered ‘39’ bottom right in pencil<br />
Monogrammed and dated at the back ‘R C 1979’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
47. ‘The Studio’, 1979<br />
Ink and pencil on paper<br />
56 x 76 cm (on a sheet of 60 x 80 cm)<br />
Signed and dated bottom left ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1979’ in pencil<br />
Titled bottom right ‘The Studio’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
48. ‘Untitled I’, 1979<br />
Oil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
27,5 x 31 cm<br />
Signed, monogrammed and dated at the back ‘I / C R 1979 / -<strong>Clicque</strong>-’ and ‘Belgradostr 60 /<br />
Gent’ in green felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
49. ‘Untitled II’, 1979<br />
Oil on canvas, laid down on board<br />
27,5 x 31 cm<br />
Signed, monogrammed and dated at the back ‘II / C R 1979 / -<strong>Clicque</strong>-’ and ‘Belgradostr 60 /<br />
Gent’ in green felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
50. ‘66 Red Cube Timber’, 1980<br />
Watercolour and pencil on paper<br />
60 x 80 cm<br />
Signed, titled and dated bottom right ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> 80 66 Red Cube Timber’ in pencil
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
51. ‘Cube’, 1980<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
65 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1980 / Cube’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
52. ‘Cube and Beam’, 1980<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
65 x 50 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back of the canvas ‘R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1980 / Kubus en Balk’ in felt tip<br />
pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
53. ‘Cube’, 1980<br />
Oil on canvas laid down on board<br />
34,5 x 36,5 cm<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> R. / 1980’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
54. ‘Cube’, 1980<br />
Oil on canvas laid down on board<br />
34,5 x 36,5 cm<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> R. / 1980’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
55. ‘Cube’, 1980<br />
Oil on canvas laid down on board<br />
34,5 x 36,5 cm<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> R. / 1980’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
56. ‘Cube’, 1980<br />
Oil on canvas laid down on board<br />
34,5 x 36,5 cm<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> R. / 1980’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
57. ‘Circle’, 1980<br />
Oil on canvas laid down on board<br />
34,5 x 30 cm<br />
Signed and dated at the back ‘© R <strong>Clicque</strong> 1980 / Belgradostr 60 / Gent 9000’ in green felt tip<br />
pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
58. ‘Circle’, 1980<br />
Oil on canvas laid down on board<br />
34,5 x 30 cm<br />
Signed, dated and titled at the back ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> R / 1980 / Circle’ in felt tip pen
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
List of exhibitions<br />
ROBERT CLICQUE (Wervik °1945)<br />
1967 Dordrecht, galerij De Gulden Sleutel<br />
1968 Brugge, galerij Korrekelder<br />
Roeselare, galerij Carlos Demeester<br />
Gent, galerie A. Vyncke-Van Eyck<br />
1969 vermelding Prijs van de jonge Belgische schilderkunst<br />
1970 Gent, Wittepoppentoren, ‘Grafiek’ / ‘Schilderijen tekeningen’<br />
Kortrijk, galerij AN HYP, ‘Signalement nr 14 <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>’<br />
Brussel, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, ‘Prentenkabinet’<br />
Gent, Galerie Bouckaert<br />
1971 Gent, Wittepoppentoren, ‘Omtrent de verrijzenis van <strong>Clicque</strong>’<br />
Hasselt, Provinciaal Begijnhof, ‘Gentse Kunst nu’<br />
Antwerpen, Galerie Campo, ‘Hedendaagse Vlaamse Fantastiek’<br />
1972 Gent, Galerie Bouckaert<br />
Brussel, Paleis voor schone Kunsten, ‘Pastiches en politiek’<br />
Antwerpen, de Zwarte Panter<br />
1973 Wakken, Grafiek 50<br />
Gent, Galerie Bouckaert<br />
Ieper, PMMK<br />
<strong>1974</strong> Antwerpen, de Zwarte Panter, ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> schilderijen’<br />
Hasselt, Wittepoppentoren, ‘seascapes’<br />
Gent, Elsa von Honolulu-Loringhoven, ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> seascapes’<br />
Brugge, Triënnale 3, ‘informatieve tentoonstelling van hedendaagse kunst in België’<br />
Schelderode, Kunstforum<br />
1975 Knokke, Cultureel Centrum, ‘drie generaties’<br />
Hasselt, Provinciaal Begijnhof, ‘drie generaties’<br />
Wakken, Grafiek 50
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
1976 Laureaat Provinciale Prijs voor Schilderkunst West-Vlaanderen<br />
Aalst, S 65<br />
Wervik, Cultureel Centrum, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> 70-74’<br />
Lille, musée des beaux-arts, ‘trois générations’<br />
Münster, Westfalen Landesmuseum, ‘drei Generationen’<br />
Koksijde, centrum de kerkepanne, ‘Schilderkunst in West-Vlaanderen’<br />
Ieper, Hallen, ‘Schilderkunst in West-Vlaanderen’<br />
Brugge, provinciaal hof, ‘Schilderkunst in West-Vlaanderen’<br />
Middelburg, Vleeshalle, ‘Schilderkunst in West-Vlaanderen’<br />
Brussel, Studio 44, ‘Aspect 3’<br />
Hasselt, Wittepoppentoren, ‘the first moodist exhibition’ (B.W.Green & P. Ysabie)<br />
Knokke, ‘1e prijs Schilderkunst West-Vlaanderen’<br />
1977 Ottawa Galérie Nationale du Canada, ‘03 23 03’<br />
Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, ‘Aspect 3’<br />
Sint-Niklaas, Stedelijk museum, ‘Aspect 3’<br />
Knokke-Heist, Ontmoetingscentrum Scharpoord, ‘Aspect 3’<br />
Gent, Piet en Agnes Bekaert, ‘70 originele tekeningen van 7 Gentse kunstenaars’<br />
Gent, Galerie Bouckaert, ‘bmcr paintings’<br />
Brussel, Gemeentekrediet<br />
1978 Gent, Bekaert Design<br />
Gent, C.I.C. en Sint-Lukas Instituut, ‘Ascese als kunst’<br />
London, ‘10 Books’ (B.W. Green)<br />
1979 Gent, Jot-Space, ‘<strong>Clicque</strong> R. two sculptures, two drawings’<br />
Gent, Belgradostraat 60, ‘zes tentoonstellingen’<br />
Tielt, jonge economische kamer, ‘8 laureaten’<br />
1980 San Francisco, ‘Belgium Today’<br />
Gent, Belgradostraat 60, ‘2nd Moodist Exhibition’<br />
Gent, Belgradostraat 60, ‘matisse sôami wang shih yuan clicque 1975 1980’<br />
Berlare, Cultureel Centrum<br />
Dombai, USSR<br />
Moskou, USSR
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
1981 Gent, Handelsbeurs, ‘Tweede Verzameling’<br />
Gent, Galerie de Witte Lente<br />
Gent, Belgradostraat 60, ‘CLICQUE <strong>Robert</strong> 1980-1981’<br />
Wetteren, Galerie Martine Kint<br />
Gent, Galerie Richard Foncke<br />
Merksem, gemeentehuis, ‘Jonge Westvlaamse Kunst 81’<br />
<strong>1982</strong> Oostende, Casino-Kursaal, ‘Europaprijs voor schilderkunst’<br />
Verviers, Musée, ‘Prix Europe de peinture’<br />
Knokke-Heist, Scharpoord, ‘Hedendaagse Kunst Selectie uit de kunstwerken verworven door<br />
de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in <strong>1982</strong>-1983’<br />
Nieuwpoort, Vismijn, ‘Hedendaagse kunst Selectie uit de kunstwerken verworven door de<br />
Vlaamse Gemeenschap in <strong>1982</strong>-1983’<br />
Sint-Amandsberg, Campo Santo, ‘Jonge kunstenaars uit het Gentse, <strong>1982</strong>’<br />
Deurle, Museum Mevr. J. Dhondt-Dhaenens, ‘Jonge kunstenaars uit het Gentse <strong>1982</strong>’<br />
Brussel, Kredietbank, ‘In en om de schilderkunst in West-Vlaanderen nu’<br />
Brussel, Galerie Isy Brachot, ‘Le désir Pictural Lendemains d’une Peinture Actuelle Belge’<br />
Gent, Galerie Richard Foncke, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> recent paintings’<br />
Namen, kasteel van Burdinne, ‘werken uit de Galerie Richard Foncke’<br />
1983 Gent, Video otto (B. Green – R. <strong>Clicque</strong>)<br />
Gent, Casino Roze Zaal, ‘Flanders’ Technology Four Flemisch artists’<br />
Ieper, Lakenhalle ‘Schilderen ‘83’<br />
Gent, Belgradostraat 52 ‘Beginningless Despair’ (B. Green – R. <strong>Clicque</strong>)<br />
Brussel, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten ‘Picturale benadering’<br />
1984 Antwerpen, ICC<br />
1985 Gent, De Groene Kikker, ‘nude 7 nude’<br />
Gent, Galerie Bouckaert, ‘Linea’<br />
Gent, villa des roses, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> 83-84-85’<br />
1986 Luik, ‘Reliures Belges contemporaines’<br />
Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, ‘Hedendaagse Boekbanden uit België’<br />
Gent, Belgradostraat 52 (B. Green – R. <strong>Clicque</strong>)<br />
1987 Middelburg, Vleeshal, ‘Art Museum -Museum Art’<br />
Antwerpen, Week-end galerie, ‘Boekjes’
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
Gent, Belgradostraat 52, ‘Gent-London-Gent, Beelden-Boeken’ (B. Green – R. <strong>Clicque</strong>)<br />
1988 Antwerpen, ICC, ‘24 Westvlaamse Kunstenaars uit het Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne<br />
Kunst, Oostende’<br />
Antwerpen, Transparant galerie<br />
Gent, VGK<br />
Knokke-Heist, N. Jewels<br />
Hemiksem, abdij Sint Bernardus, ‘Verdwenen Aarde’<br />
Gent, Moving space, ‘Artists invitations’<br />
1989 Waregem, Cultureel Centrum<br />
Middelburg, Balans 17<br />
1990 Deurle, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> en Bryan Green Recent werk.’<br />
1991 Oosteeklo, Galerie William Wauters, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> W.T.C’<br />
Wervik, Capsa, ‘Kultureel Rendez-vous’<br />
1992 Zonnebeke, Cultureel Centrum, ‘Her.Denken’<br />
1993 Brugge, Galerie Roussel<br />
Poeke, Kasteel, ‘Biënnale Hedendaagse Kunst in VL’<br />
Gent, N. Jewels<br />
Gent, Onscherpte<br />
1994 Köln, Belgisches Haus, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>’<br />
Gent, Belgradostraat 52 (B. Green – R. <strong>Clicque</strong>)<br />
1995 Brussel, De Markten, Galery’VUB, De Kriekelaar, ‘Discours-Métis’<br />
Veurne, Beauvoorde kerk<br />
Turnhout, de Warande, ‘40 jaar Belgische kunst in West-Vlaanderen’<br />
1996 Gent, Belgradostraat 52 (B. Green – R. <strong>Clicque</strong>)<br />
1997 Gent, Croxhapox, ‘crox 70 schilderkunst hedendaags Belgisch’<br />
Gent, Moving Space, ‘Emotion’<br />
Kalken, In den Bouw, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>’<br />
1998 Kalken (B. Green – R. <strong>Clicque</strong>)<br />
2000 Gent, Belgradostraat 52, ‘A portable exhibition’ (B. Green – R. <strong>Clicque</strong>)<br />
Kalken, In den Bouw, ‘Blik’<br />
2001 Sint Niklaas, De Annex, ‘Monte Nuovo’<br />
2002 Gent, Galerie Jan Colle, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>’
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
2005 Gent, Art-track, ‘Landschap Napoli 2’<br />
2007 Gent, Belgradostraat 52, ‘Landschap / Word-Nude’<br />
2008 Brussel, De Markten, ‘K.I.H.’<br />
Diksmuide, Montanus 5, ‘Over-winteren 08’<br />
2010 Wetteren, Loods12, ‘<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>’<br />
2013 Gent, St. Baafsabdij, ‘Histories of Thought’<br />
2015 Gent, Art-track, ‘Abstract nature abstract’<br />
Gent, Jan Colle Galerij/ Loods 12, ‘Enlightened Fountains (reasons to be cheerful)’<br />
2016 Gent, Villa De Bondt, ‘The studio-5 days’<br />
Wieze, Villa de Olmen, ‘De muren hebben ogen’<br />
2018 Gent, Belgradostraat 52, ‘A portable Exhibition’<br />
2021 Gent, Villa De Bondt, ‘La terre’<br />
2022 Gent, KIOSK, ‘Brief van Bryan Green aan <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>, 05.1976’<br />
Gent, KIOSK, ‘Postkaart van Johan Van Geluwe aan <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong>, 11.1971’<br />
Landegem, Kasteel van Hoobroek-van ten Hulle, ‘Globe’<br />
2023 Gent, Galerie St-John, ‘Kabinet 1 - <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> <strong>Works</strong> <strong>1974</strong>-<strong>1982</strong>
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
About <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong><br />
I.<br />
The use of a recognizable image - from reality outside the canvas [-] can have the function of point of contact (a<br />
feeling) but here it is thus approached that the painted image recedes and refers to the painted canvas.<br />
Jan Vercruysse, Seascapes <strong>1974</strong><br />
II.<br />
The paintings by <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> have, for the last few years, shown geometric elements. But one shouldn’t<br />
really situate this painter among the geometric-abstract painters. The border between imagery and representation<br />
is deliberately kept vague.<br />
The mathematically determined shapes he uses are rather a way to fool the eye about the category<br />
suggested. By introducing this play-ful element he crosses the borders of abstract inspiration… What is<br />
presented to the viewer must be interpreted, mentally reconstrued and completed. In this mental activity lies the<br />
real impact of <strong>Clicque</strong>’s work.<br />
Florent Minne Cube-Circle 1981<br />
III.<br />
Last summer a series of paintings evolved with the ellips as their basic form. The ellips was drawn in a very<br />
spontaneous way and then crossed by a horizontal line, then by a vertical one and then by a diagonal line.<br />
An ellips as a self-portrait. <strong>Clicque</strong> 1983<br />
*Published in Flanders’ Technology, Ghent, Catalogue Cultural Computers Events, May 3-7 1983, Four<br />
Flemish artists, p. 42.
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Colophon<br />
In collaboration with architect Karel Wuytack, <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> also presents an (art) historical<br />
overview of his creative process and past exhibitions. Assembled in a book, it is available for<br />
consultation at the exhibition.<br />
We want to thank architect Karel Wuytack, for his careful assistance and advice.<br />
This online catalogue was made to accompany the exhibition <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> – <strong>Works</strong> 1972-<br />
1980.<br />
Introduction an research: Raf Steel and Emmy Steel<br />
Editing and photography: Raf Steel and Emmy Steel<br />
Photograph portrait of <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Clicque</strong> by Piet Ysabie<br />
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