Gaston De Vel Belgium, New Zealand, 1924-2010
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About Gaston De Vel
Belgium born Gaston De Vel spent his student years at the Academie Royal des Beaux Arts, Brussels, which he attended at age 17 from 1941 to 1945. One of his most influential tutors was Alfred Bastien, a friend of Claude Monet and John Singer Sargent. In 1960 he arrived in New Zealand from the Belgium Congo. He worked in New Zealand as a full time artist from the late 1960s and was awarded the Kelliher Art Prize in 1968. He painted in a post-impressionist style in both oil and watercolour. He travelled to and worke in Europe, South America, North Africa and Australia. The 1980s saw several sellout exhibitions in Auckland and at Lewis Paape Gallery, Lower Hutt. Gaston’s work is part of the permanent collection of Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Gaston De Vel is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1991 of 443, of which 368 (83%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,113 for Vegetable Platter sold by International Art Centre in June 1995. This year 14 works have been offered for sale.
Gaston De Vel is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 63
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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