{"id":4536,"date":"2024-06-12T08:53:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/?page_id=4536"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:03:18","slug":"louis-blondiau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/louis-blondiau\/","title":{"rendered":"LOUIS BLONDIAU\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4536\" class=\"elementor elementor-4536\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6b7836 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6b7836\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a50c697\" data-id=\"a50c697\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d9471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"89d9471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb36f11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb36f11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e51973\" data-id=\"3e51973\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b612bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b612bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>LOUIS BLONDIAU <\/b><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40ae865 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40ae865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the monochrome landscape paintings of Belgian artist Louis Blondiau, the positive energy and harmony of nature take center stage. The artist draws inspiration from traditional Asian painting and Taoism. His serene seascapes, in particular, exude an extraordinary sense of calm, yet Blondiau manages to convey movement in the waves through his distinctive painting technique. The countless scratches in the paint form a unique combination of engraving and oil painting techniques. The endless seas in Blondiau\u2019s works, occasionally punctuated by sailboats on the horizon, continue to captivate: the longer you look, the more you see.\n\nBlondiau trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Braine L\u2019Alleud, Belgium. His work has been selected for various curated exhibitions and art prizes in the United Kingdom. He has previously exhibited at the Dulwich Picture Gallery (London), the Katwijks Museum, and the Royal Academy of Arts (London, 2023 and 2024). In 2023, he was nominated for the Dutch \u2018Painting of the Year\u2019 initiative. His paintings are also part of private collections worldwide. 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De kunstenaar is hierin be\u00efnvloed door de traditionele Aziatische schilderkunst en het tao\u00efsme. Met name zijn serene zeegezichten stralen een ongekende rust uit. Toch weet Louis beweging in de golven te brengen dankzij &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/louis-blondiau\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LOUIS BLONDIAU\u200b<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4536"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5676,"href":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4536\/revisions\/5676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babetteclaassen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}