Van Daele

Belgian painter, designer and sculptor with a surrealistic orientation.

Was an autodidact in art who debuted in Charleroi in 1952. He oriented himself toward the cosmos and the fantastic in a formal and particular language.

Professor. Occasional also a  poet and compositor.

Was granted the title of "Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint-Sylvestre" by Pope Jean-Paul II.

Was decorated with the Russian Poesjkin Medall and had a close relation with the Russian Moscow Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, where some of his artworks are in permanent exposition.

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Has artwork at the Château de Thy, Museums, Foundations, Churches and Cities around the world (Brussels, Paris, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Tokyo, Vatican City and Houston). Had his own Musée Delporte (In Damme (Bruge) between 1990 and 2013)

Born: 04 December 1928 - Marcinelle (Belgium) / Deceased: 06 November 2012 - Charleroi (Belgium)