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Product description
Yolande Ide (1931)
This expressive sculpture by Yoland Ide captures the serene and vulnerable beauty of the human form through a raw, unfiltered lens. Using a minimalist approach, Ide sculpts a seated female figure, her body gracefully angled with an elegance that resembles the poised form of a ballet dancer. The rough, textured surface reflects the artist’s dedication to Art Brut, emphasizing the raw beauty in imperfection and unrefined materials. This naturalistic posture, with its soft curves and delicate balance, celebrates the elegance of the human form in its purest, most unguarded state, paying homage to the timeless allure of feminine strength and grace.
Biography of the artist:
Yolande Ide, now 93 years old woman, from the Belgian coastal town named De Haan. She is the daughter of Léon Ide, a prominent architect in the commune of De Haan.
In 1950, Yolande enrolled in courses at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
Throughout her life, she created magnificent terracotta sculptures and paintings in secret, in her small workshop within their large family home. Despite her artistic talent, she never exhibited her works, preferring to keep her studio within the castle where she resided.
Yolande carefully crafted her sculptures, focusing on female figures, highly stylized for the 1960s and considered avant-garde in their style. Like a passionate artist sometimes she created male figures. She succeeded in painting as well.
Her sculptures are characterized by their raw beauty.
Her father, Leon Ide, was a renowned architect who greatly influenced the interwar architectural landscape of De Haan. He specialized in designing Anglo-Norman and Flemish country-style villas, as well as undertaking projects in other coastal municipalities such as Bredene and Middelkerke. Notably, he renovated the "Grand Hôtel du Coq-sur-mer" in Le Coq, originally designed by Alfred Neirynck in 1889, and designed the town hall of the former municipality of Klemskerke.
Hand signed. Circa 1960s.
Dimensions:
28 x 37 x 26 cm.
7,3 kg
Specifications
ConditionExcellentColorsWhiteMaterialCeramicNumber of items1Height28 cmWidth37 cm