"[I have] all respect for that neoclassicism [of Piet Mondrian ], but it would sacrifices me too much to architecture. That kind of art does indeed fit perfectly in very modern rooms of modern buildings in equally modern cities, but never again a handcart can drive in there and never again someone can speak or think of a white dog cart in the fog. I am longing for a painting that can hang in a modern environment and still have its 'personal' life."
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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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