Walter Leblanc was born on 26 December 1932 in Antwerp.
From an early age he remained fascinated by the monochromatic style founded on the concept of the vibration of the light. He joined the German group Zéro and in 1959 he began to introduce the ‘torsion’ as an important pictorial element in his work.
Twisted Strings works consisted in a set of twisted cotton threads placed perpendicularly on a monochromatic surface. The shadows move as the sun rises higher and diffuses the light on the threads. The active participation of the spectator have the same result: when the spectator comes closer, the shadows come alive on the monochromatic background. Leblanc conceived his artworks in function of the play of light and shadow.
“Now, white is the most abstract color, the one that reflects better than any other the modulations of the light. From this it follows that the texture of the twisted and stretched cotton threads disappears, replaced by the vibration that acts good in natural and artificial light, movable and immovable.”
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GALLERY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1957
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Accent, Anversa, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Gérard Mourgue, Parigi, Francia
1959
“Walter Leblanc”, Hessenhuis, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc. Schilderijen en Gouaches”, De Toonekelder, Leuven, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc”, Galleria Pater, Milano
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Breckpot Jeune, Anversa, Belgio
1960
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Breckpot Jeune, Anversa, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc”, Deutscher Bücherbund, Bonn, Germania
“Walter Leblanc”, Antwerpse Diskoteek, Anversa, Belgio
1961
“Walter Leblanc”, Center of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc. Belgien”, Galerie Rottlof, Karlsruhe, Germania
1962
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Toni Brechbühl, Grechen, Svizzera
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Beno, Zurigo, Svizzera
1963
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie le Zodiaque, Brussels, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Ad Libitum, Anversa, Belgio
1964
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Toni Brechbühl, Grechen, Svizzera
1965
“Walter Leblanc. Mobilo-Statics”, Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Zurigo, Svizzera
“Walter Leblanc. Mobilo-Statics”, Galerie 123, Krefeld, Svizzera
“Walter Leblanc. Mobilo-Statics”, Op Art Galerie, Esslingen, Germania
“Walter Leblanc. Mobilo-Statics”, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgio
1966
“Walter Leblanc”, Atheneum, Keerbergen, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc. Kinetic”, Galerie Dorothea Loehr, Francoforte sul Meno, Germania
“Walter Leblanc”, Edwige Leyman, Kasteelke, Mullem, Germania
“Walter Leblanc. Statische Mobiles”, Galerie Moderner Kunst der Bücherstube am Dom, Colonia, Germania
1968
“Walter Leblanc. Torsions”, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc. Torsions”, Patati vzw, Internationaal centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Dendermonde, Belgio
“Walter Leblanc. Torsions. Schematiques”, Galerie Regio, Lorrach, Germania
“Walter Leblanc. Torsions”, Kunstverein, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germania
“Walter Leblanc. Torsions”, J. Walter Thompson Company, Brussels, Belgio
1969
“Walter Leblanc”, Galerie Ursula Lichter, Francoforte sul Meno, Germania
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1954
“Werken van Antwerpse Kunstenaars”, Kunststichting, Rotterdam, Paesi Bassi
Stedelijk Kunstsalon, Anversa, Belgio
1955
Beneluxhuis, The Hague, Paesi Bassi
1956
“Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge”, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgio
1958
“G58”, Middelheim, Anversa, Belgio
De Jonge Vlaamse Schilderkunst, Anversa, Belgio
“Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge”, Center for the Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgio
1959
“Antwerpse Schilders: Van Rik Wouters tot vandaag”, Provinciaal Begijnhof, Hasselt, Belgio
“Prix suisse de peinture abstraite 1959”, Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Svizzera
“G58. Tweede groepstentoonstelling”, Hessenhuis, Anversa, Belgio
1960
“Exposition du Groupe G58”, Apiaw, Liège, Belgio
“Monochrome Malerei”, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germania
“Grote prijs voor schilderkunst van de Stad Oostende”, Casino Kuursaal, Ostend, Belgio
“Peintres et sculpteurs abstraits”, Galerie de la Madeleine, Brussels, Belgio
“Prix Talents Belgique 1960”, Galerie le Zodiaque, Brussels, Belgio
“Prix suisse de peinture abstraite 1960”, Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Svizzera
“G58. Derde groepstentoonstelling”, Hessenhuis, Anversa, Belgio
1961
“Nieuwe Europese School”, Hessenhuis, Anversa, Belgio
“G58, Hedendaagse Schilderkunst, Nederland, Vlaanderen, Zuid-Afrika”, Hessenhuis, Anversa, Belgio
“Expressions actuelles”, Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Svizzera
“Grote prijs voor schilderkunst van de Stad Oostende”, Casino Kuursaal, Ostend, Belgio
“Nouvelle école européenne”, Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Svizzera
“Internationale Malerei 1960–61”, Deutschordensschloss, Wolframs-Eschenbach, Germania
“G58 Hessenhuis”, New Vision Centre Gallery, Londra, UK
“G58”, Hessenhuis, Anversa, Belgio
“Exposition de Noël 1961”, Galerie Hilt, Basel, Svizzera
1962
“Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge 1962”, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgio
“Boel, Leblanc, Silvin, Médailles d’Or Grand prix de la Ville d’Ostende 1961”, Apiaw,Liège, Belgio
“Anti-Peinture”, Hessenhuis, Anversa, Belgio
“Forum 62”, Sint-Pietersabdij,Ghent, Belgio
“Zero”, Galerie Schindler, Berne, Svizzera
“Sommeraustellung 1962”, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, Germania
“Rencontre V. Hommage à Tanguy, Léger, Klee, Kandinsky”, Grange Basse, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, Francia
“Europaprijs voor Schilderkunst van de Stad Oostende”, Casino Kuursaal, Ostend, Belgio
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