Bram Bogart 1921-2012

The Dutch-born Belgian (via Paris) abstract artist Bram Bogart has died aged 90. Bogart pioneered a form of abstraction that quite literally stood out. His thick gestural application of paint produced works that are more sculptural than anything easily recognisable as painting prompting one critic to describe them as 'canvases that were both sensuous and with the quality of rock faces' while also being infused with colour, light and optimism.