Raymonde AMEZ-DROZ

(1925 – 2002)

Paintings, watercolours, drawings, assemblages

Raymonde Amez-Droz in 1955

Brief C.V.

Born 16^th October, 1925 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland,  Raymonde Amez-Droz studied at La Chaux-de-Fonds and at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich, married Belgian industrialist Patrice de Jaegher in 1945, then moved to Kortrijk, Belgium.

First of many distinctions “Jeune Peinture Belge” Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 1954 ; "Médaille d’argent de la Ville de Paris" Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1963

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Exhibition in South Africa

Gallery 101 Johannesburg – 1^st November, 1965 (30 paintings) (opened by the Consul-General for Belgium Mr M. Swinnen)

Click to view invitation card

Additional works on exhibition at Gallery 101, Johannesburg – November, 1965

"Diableries", 1963 - oil/canvas 147x101 cm (Médaille d'argent Ville de Paris, 1963) - cat. 1

"Irisation", 1961 - oil/canvas 81x65 cm - cat. 6

"Lumière abyssale", 1965 - oil/canvas 53x37 cm - cat. 18 (img. © Fondation Baudoin Bruxelles - Collection Thomas Neirynck - FRB 893)

Click here to view exhibition catalogue from Gallery 101 in 1965 - 30 works

Selected Collections

King Baudoin Foundation, Bruxelles (Thomas Neirynck Collection)

Publications

« West – Vlanderen » No. 6, November 1955 – inside cover, illustrated

“Amez-Droz” (Pierre Restany / de Jaegher / de Meyer), 1996, 22 pp., ill

Selected illustrated Press reviews in Johannesburg

1965 November – various editions of Rand Daily Mail and The Star

Web references

Listed in Swiss Institute for Art Research - http://www.sikart.ch/kuenstlerinnen.aspx?id=4002658

Updated 27th April, 2017

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