Maurice van Essche

**Maurice van Essche** ( bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli October dabaanahi dali, yuuni  1906, tiŋyuli booni Antwerp, m be  Belgium tingbanni , ka o kani silimiingoli June bɛɣu pinaayi dali, yuuni 1977, tiŋyuli booni Thonon, n be France tingbanni )  o daa nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so Belgian ka o lee nyɛ  South Africa nucheeni tuun tumda mini nucheeni tuma.karachi.
## O bɛhigu taarihi

Maurice van Essche nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni  1906, tiŋyuli booni  Antwerp, n be  Belgium tingbanni,  ŋun daa nyɛ o ba bihi piniyini puuni buyɔpoi. O daŋ daa nyɛ ban yɛri French hali zoo yɔli bɛ ni daa nyɛ Flemish nim la ; o ma yuli n daa nyɛ De Ridder. O nyɛla ŋun chaŋ shikuru yuli booni Brussels Academy yuuni  1924 sahashɛli  James Ensor ni daa gbubili la, a maa ka o daa pilila o bɔhimbu yuuni  1925 ni,  di ni daa niŋ ka laɣapooli gbaaba la. 

## Chronological summary

* Yuuni 1906 ka bɛ dɔɣi tiŋyuli booni Antwerp, n be  Belgium tingbanni 
* 1911yuuni, o daŋ daa nyɛla ban kuli tiŋyuli booni Brussels; ni ka o daa chaŋ shikuru.
* 1925 yuuni, yɛli gɔla daa nyɛla din kpe o shikuru chandi puuni na,  ka o daa na che shikuru maa ka kpe diɣisi tuma ni,  ni o ti bɔ laɣiri n naai tooi tuɣi o shikuru maa.
* 1930 yuuni puuni, o daa nyɛla ŋun lɛbi laɣingu yuli booni 'La Jeune Peinture Belge'; la puuni nira,  ka daa nyɛ ŋun kpaŋmaŋ pini din nyɛ siliba cheeni  International Exhibition,  din daa niŋ Antwerp la puuni.
* 1933  yuuni puuni, o nyɛla ŋun mini  Lucie Josz daa niŋ amiliya ; ka daa nyɛ ŋun bɔhim tiŋyuli booni Matisse n be  South of France; group and one-man exhibitions in Paris and Belgian centres
* 1939 yuuni puuni,  gomdanti nyɛla ŋun daa soŋsi pentibu neen bɔra n ti  Belgian Congo
* 1940 yuuni puuni, o daa nyɛla ŋun kuli  South Africa; n ti be tiŋyuli booni Cape Town tingbanni ; ka daa pili o  exhibition nim South Africa tingbanni. 
* 1943 yuuni mali hali ni 1945 yuuni puuni,  o daa nyɛla ŋun nyɛ karimba n wuhiri nucheeni tuma shikuru yuli booni Wits Tech Art School, member of New Group
* 1946 yuuni puuni,  o daa nyɛla ŋun kpa shikuru yuli booni  Continental School of Art, n zali Cape Town tingbanni. 
* 1948 yuuni hali ni 1965 Yuuni puuni, o daa kuli nyɛla ŋun zani n ti  South Africa zaani bɛ ni daa mi luɣi shɛli ni international art exhibition ni la
* 1948 yuuni, o daa nyɛla ŋun daa pahi ka bɛ kpa laɣingu yuli booni   International Art Club; ka di daa nyɛ o mini o tabi ban daa yi Turin tingbanni na , saha bɛla sunsuuni ka o daa nyɛ ŋun leegi lala laɣingu maa kuɣu lana.
* 1951 yuuni puuni, o daa nyɛla ŋun daa di kpaŋmaŋ pini yuli daa booni  Chevalier de Leopold II  ka di nyɛ naa ŋun yuli daa booni King Baudouin ŋun daa yina  Belgium la sani ka o daa deegi lala kpaŋmaŋ pini ŋɔ.
* 1952 yuuni puuni, o daa nyɛla bɛ ni piigi so ka o leegi karimba n ti shikuru yuli booni Fine Art, Michaelis School, n be Cape Town; reputation in South Africa grown considerably; continued to exhibit at intervals in Europe
* 1962 yuuni,  o daa nyɛla bɛ ni piigi so ka leegi purufɛsa n ti bɔhimbu yaɣili din nyɛ Fine Art la , shikuru yuli booni Michaelis School, University of Cape Town
* Yuuni 1966 Awarded Medal of Honour for Painting by South African Akademie
* Yuuni 1967 Subject of monograph book 'Van Essche', by Carl Büchner, a former student 
* Yuuni 1970 Retired from Michaelis School.
* Yuuni 1971 Departed for Europe; settled in Thonon-les-Bains, France.
* Yuuni 1972 Awarded the title Officer of Order of Leopold II by King Baudouin of Belgium.
* Yuuni 1974 Unable to attend Prestige Retrospective Exhibition of his work, South African National Art Gallery and Pretoria Art Museum
* Yuuni 1977 Deceased 12 June, Thonon, France.

### O shikuru chandi
* Yuuni 1924 Brussels Academy under James Ensor.
* Yuuni 1933 Lessons with Henri Matisse, Paris, France.

## O kpaŋmaŋ tuma

* Yuuni 1930 Silver medal, International Exhibition, Antwerp
* Yuuni 1951 Chevalier de Leopold II, King Baudouin of Belgium (Knighthood)
* Yuuni 1966 Medal of Honour, South African Academy for Science and Art 
* Yuuni 1972 Officer of Order of Leopold II, King Baudouin of Belgium

## Exhibitions

* Yuuni 1927 First one-man exhibition, Brussels.
* Yuuni 1930 and 1935 La Jeune Peinture Belge, Brussels and Paris.
* Yuuni 1937 Ghent Salon.
* Yuuni 1939 One-man art exhibitions, Elizabethville, Leopoldville.
* Yuuni 1941 First South African one-man art exhibition, Cape Town.
* Yuuni 1948 Overseas Exhibition of South African Art, Tate Gallery.
* Yuuni 1948 to 1952 Exhibitions of International Art Club, South Africa.
* Yuuni 1950 Venice Bienalle.
* Yuuni 1952 Van Riebeeck Tercent Exhibition, Cape Town; Venice Bienalle.
* Yuuni 1953 Rhodes Centenary Exhibition, Bulawayo.
* Yuuni 1954 Venice Bienalle.
* Yuuni 1956 First Quad of South African Art.
* Yuuni 1957 São Paulo Bienalle.
* Yuuni 1960 Second Quad of South African Art.
* Yuuni 1961 São Paulo Bienalle.
* Yuuni 1963 São Paulo Bienalle.
* Yuuni 1965 São Paulo Bienalle.
* Yuuni 1966 Republic Fest Exhibition, Pretoria.
* Yuuni 1969 Group Exhibition, 'Le Petit Palais', Geneva.
* Yuuni 1971 Republic Fest Exhibition.
* Yuuni 1974/5 Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, South African National Art Gallery and Pretoria Art Museum.

## Bibliography
* van Essche, by Carl Buchner, yuuni 1967, Tafelberg, Cape Town, South Africa
* Art & Artists of South Africa by E. Berman, yuuni 1994, Southern Book Publishers

## External links
* The New Group
* The Michaelis School of Fine Art
* Thornton-White
* http://www.art-archives-southafrica.ch/vanESSCHE.htm

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