Lucebert - Exhibitions, Awards

Poet and visual artist, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is generally regarded as the most original and experimental poet of Dutch post-war poetry. At the first exhibition of his visual work in Amsterdam (1948), he was introduced by Kouwenaar to the Movement of Fifty (Vijftigers), and shortly after Lucebert made his debut as a poet in the Reflex literary magazine. A member of the Movement of Fifty, he also became associated with the Cobra movement with regard to his visual art. At an award meeting to receive the poetry prize of Amsterdam, he nominated himself the ‘Emperor of the Movement of Fifty’, a title which stayed with him during his lifetime. His poetry is dominated by a strong sense of rhythm and is at its best when read aloud. As a visual artist, he succeeded in translating the literary ideas of the Movement of Fifty into his art, which is characterized by his use of bright colours. In 1965 he was awarded the Constantijn Huygensprijs and in 1967 received the P C Hooft-prijs.

Exhibitions

1949 - International Exhibition of Experimental Art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1959 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1961 - Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands 1963 - Staedtlische Kunstgalerie, Bochum, Germany 1963 - Marlborough New London Gallery, London 1964 - Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam Kunsthalle Baden-Baden 1964 - Documenta 111, Kassel, Germany 1969 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1969 - Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland - with Karel Appel and Tajiri 1977 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1982 - Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany 1983 - Kunstverein Hochrhein, Bad Säckingen, Germany 1984 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1985 - Rai, Kunstmesse Amsterdam, Netherlands 1987 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1988 - Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Kunstverein Freiburg i.Br., Germany 1988 - Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria 1989 - Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany 1989 - Städtische Kunstgalerie, Bochum, Germany 1989 - Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland

Awards

1954 - prize for literature from the city of Amsterdam 1959 - "Mediterranean Prize" of the Paris Biennale 1962 - 2nd "Marzotto Prize" 1964 - "Carlo Cardazzo" prize at the 32nd Biennale in Venice, Italy 1965 - "Constantijn Huygens Prize" 1968 - "P.C.