Lucassen

Dutch, 1939

Lucassen produces images that are formulated/ articulated using a pictorial idiom that is rich in associations, memories, non-conformism, symbols, and syntheses, and are always grounded in a powerful personal and expressive style. Although the artist’s world takes shape indoors, his gaze remains focused on the outside world, on life itself. He has been called a thinking painter, a modern symbolist who presents his viewers with a constructed reality which is far from straightforward. With Lucassen, the mystery of painting is in good hands. He ushers you into a wondrous world where there is much to see and where the rational exists alongside the personal and the intuitive – a world where you might think you recognize something but where you are just as likely to be left in amazement without knowing exactly what his formulations and constructions mean. No explanation is needed, though, because even without it the image is still full of meaning.

In his secluded room the curtains are almost always drawn. Only on rare occasions are they slightly opened, offering us a glimpse into the artist’s wondrous world. Not too much, just enough to give us something to hold on to. In his own way Lucassen gives meaning to things that are important to him, things that define and color his world. It might be something trivial, but sometimes he will use the same representation to express his admiration for some art historical masterpiece. He does not simply copy the work, on the contrary: he uses it to access his own reality by expressing his amazement about the enormous human potential. He has the ability to translate every pictorial element of his choice into a new form and meaning, and in so doing always carries it into the present.

In the1960s and 1970s, Lucassen painted constructions in which figurative elements predominate. From the 1980s onward, he abandons figuration, only to reintroduce it in his assemblages of the past fifteen years. The diversity of formal manifestations could also be called a kind of ‘de-stylization’. His unique oeuvre is indeed incomparable. Lucassen has become his own style without falling back on stylistic devices or the constraints of theory. This has resulted in paintings and assemblages of great pictorial and intuitive richness that have allowed him to translate the personal into the universal.

Lucassen, Idylle, 1967

Lucassen, Idylle, 1967

signed and dated lower left and on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
160 x 120 cm

Available artworks

Lucassen, De Aleph (It's not after Fontana), 2006

Lucassen, De Aleph (It's not after Fontana), 2006

signed and dated on backboard
acrylic and oil on canvas
50 x 45 cm
Lucassen, Evolutie van het Sjamanisme, 1986 - 2003

Lucassen, Evolutie van het Sjamanisme, 1986 - 2003

signed and dated on verso
acrylic, oil and assemblage on canvas
100 x 120 cm
Lucassen, Lenin als zuigeling en martelaar van de revolutie, 2018 - 19

Lucassen, Lenin als zuigeling en martelaar van de revolutie, 2018 - 19

assemblage
40 x 33 cm
Lucassen, Enige voorbeelden van succesvol cultureel ondernemerschap, 2017

Lucassen, Enige voorbeelden van succesvol cultureel ondernemerschap, 2017

assemblage work: 55 x 46.5 cm frame: 66.5 x 57 x 5.5 cm
Lucassen, Europa after the rain (naar Max Ernst), 1993

Lucassen, Europa after the rain (naar Max Ernst), 1993

oil mixed with marble dust on canvas
100 x 90 cm
Lucassen, Idol, 1987

Lucassen, Idol, 1987

titled, signed and dated on the reverse
oil on canvas
80 x 90 cm
Lucassen, Image: this is not une pipe (naar Margritte), 1993

Lucassen, Image: this is not une pipe (naar Margritte), 1993

oil on canvas 70 x 80 cm
Lucassen, Le retour d'Ulysse (naar De Chirico), 1993

Lucassen, Le retour d'Ulysse (naar De Chirico), 1993

oil mixed with marble dust on canvas
70 x 60 cm
Lucassen, untitled, 1980

Lucassen, untitled, 1980

Acrylic on canvas
90 x 80 cm
Lucassen, Symbolisme, 1981 - 84

Lucassen, Symbolisme, 1981 - 84

signed, dated and titled on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
110 x 100 cm
Lucassen, De leeftijd van het licht, 1982

Lucassen, De leeftijd van het licht, 1982

acrylic on canvas
90 x 80 cm
Lucassen, untitled (portrait of Mike Hammer), 1979

Lucassen, untitled (portrait of Mike Hammer), 1979

signed and dated on verso: "lucassen 79"
acrylic on canvas
80 x 90 cm
Lucassen, untitled, 1979

Lucassen, untitled, 1979

acrylic on cardboard
51.5 x 41 cm
Lucassen, Rapture, 1972

Lucassen, Rapture, 1972

signed, dated and titled on the reverse
oil on canvas
200 x 170 cm
Lucassen, Stilleven met Morandi, 1971 - 72

Lucassen, Stilleven met Morandi, 1971 - 72

acrylic on canvas 140 x 120 cm
Lucassen, Idylle, 1967

Lucassen, Idylle, 1967

signed and dated lower left and on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
160 x 120 cm
Lucassen, Romantisch Landschap, 1965

Lucassen, Romantisch Landschap, 1965

acrylic on canvas
160.50 x 120.00 cm

Publications

Symmetrie &. Prozagedichten en Essays

Symmetrie &. Prozagedichten en Essays

Lucassen, 2023
Paperback, 21 x 14 cm
ISBN 978-9-090370-01-9
Lucassen, 2009

Lucassen, 2009

Hardcover, First Edition 2009
27.6 x 22 cm, 160 pages
ISBN 978-94-90128-05-0
Lucassen, 2020

Lucassen, 2020

Hardcover, English, 2020
25 x 30.5 cm, 176 pages
texts by Benno Tempel, Lucassen, Hans Janssen, Rudi Fuchs, Ron Kaal, Karel Schampers, Hans Janssen and Tijs Goldschmidt
ISBN 978-94-92995445
€ 29,90

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