wood, white chalk and collage h. 28 cm
About the artist
Eggen began his training at the Secondary School of Applied Arts in Maastricht, before going on to study at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam (1943).[7] His principal mentor was Professor Heinrich Campendonk, through whom he came to be influenced by German Expressionism. Karel Appel, Corneille, Pieter Defesche, Jef Diederen, Ger Lataster and Marianne van der Heijden were Gène’s fellow students. Together with the latter four artists, he took part in the 1950 Young Painters exhibition in Heerlen, to which they owe their nickname ‘Limburg Amsterdammers’.
Eggen was a versatile artist: he created sculptures in wood and stone, modelled and cast in bronze. He painted, produced woodcuts and linocuts, watercolours, drawings, monotypes and etchings. He is also responsible for a large number of artworks in public spaces.[10]