"I don't want to be a preacher who tries to improve the world according to his own opinion. For that I put too much in perspective in my thinking and perhaps I am more independent. I do not start from a reflex on tradition and on social and political structures but rather from a continual and fresh scanning for the essence of things."
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Roger Raveel
Roger Henri Raveel (15 July 1921 – 30 January 2013) was a Belgian (Flemish) painter, whose work is often associated with Pop art because of its depiction of everyday objects. Most of his art is figurative painting; for some years he painted abstract.
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