Painting by Gerles "Imaginary" November 1995

Paintings on panels "Imaginary" November 1995 by Georges LEVEQUE known as GERLES. Born in Béthune in 1919, he began painting in 1942. He became friends, within the workshop of the Grande Chaumière, with André Lhote, Ossip Zadkine, and Edouard Pignon, who encouraged him to exhibit in Béthune and Le Touquet. Very attached to his region, he regularly exhibited in renowned galleries such as the Galerie Septentrion in Bondues or the Galerie Mischkind in Lille. He mingled with the famous artists of the North: Lhotellier, Hémery, Hennebelle, Dodeigne, and Van Hecke. He died in 1921.