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BIOGRAPHY
1942 Born in Liège, Belgium
1954 First exhibition of his paintings, Collège N-D de Bon-Secours at Binche, Belgium
1957 Studies at Saint-Luc Institute, Mons, Belgium
1960 Royal Academy of Fine Arts at Mons, Belgium, studies in painting and etching. Studies in pottery at Hornu, Belgium
1963 Designs mural paintings and stage settings
1964 Lives at Ostend, Belgium
1965 Travels in Brittany, Holland and Malta
1967 Settles down in Brussels. Outside painting, poster, packaging advertissement and film set designs in Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and the U.K. Works for international publications
1970 Travel to Morocco
1975 Settles with his family in Valbonne, France
1976 Settles in Céroux-Mousty, Belgium
First sculptures in wood, stone and steel
1978 1979 Wins a price for painting "City of Renaix", Belgium
1980 Selected price "Louis Schmidt", Etterbeek, Belgium. Wins a price for drawing "City of Renaix", Belgium
1982 "Europa Price", bronze medal, Ostend, Belgium
1985 Participates to the album issued for the visit of the King and Queen of Belgium, May 30, at Redu, Belgium, by "Le Bateau Ivre" publisher
1989 The dignataries of the City of Vesprzem (Hungary) visit Jacques Bage's atelier on the initiative of Valmy Féaux, Minister-President of the Executive of the French Communauty of Belgium
1990 An essay on the work of Jacques Bage by famous art critic Jacques Meuris "Le Paysage comme métaphore" is issued by -Le Bateau Ivre-, Redu, Belgium
1996 Publication of "Jacques Bage Recent works", issued by Gallery Blom, Netherlands
In 1999, he receives the first « Pôle d'Or » awarded by the city of Ottignies Louvain-la-Neuve
2001 Winner of the "Prix du Cayla Emma Martin" awarded by the Royal Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts of Belgium
2002 Selected to make a painting for the brussel’s metro at the station "Gare du Midi" inaugureted in 2003
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1977 Gallery Valère Gustin, Liège, Belgium
1978 Centre Culturel, Uccle, Belgium
1980 Gallery Pierre Sori, Lille, France. Gallery d'Theeboom, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1881 Gallery Delta, Brussels, Belgium
1982 Bank Brussels Lambert, Namur, Belgium
1984 19ème Fêtes de la St-Martin, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
1986 Gallery d'Oultremont, Brussels, Belgium
1988 "Duo", with Harold Cousins, Gpoa, Woluwé-St-Lambert, Belgium. Gallery Winance-Sabbe, Tournai, Belgium
1989 Museum of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, with P-E Buckingham and Mario Daniele
1990 "235, Rue Royale", Brussels, Belgium. Gallery Le Bateau Ivre, Redu, Belgium
1991 Gallery Le Bateau Ivre, Redu, Belgium. Gallery Sonia Berryer, Brussels, Belgium
1992 Gallery C.N. Voutat, Geneva, Switzerland
1993 Gallery Its-art-ist, La Hulpe, Belgium. Maison de la Culture, Namur, Belgium. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
1994 "Week of Technology", Palais des Congrès, Liège, Belgium. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. "Rideau de Brussels", Centre for fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1995 Gallery Michel Vokaer, Brussels, Belgium
1996 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
1997 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Gallery Promotion des Contemporains, Gesves, Belgium. "Kunst Rai", Gallery Blom, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Jardin de Lumière, Ohain, Belgium
1998 Cultural Center of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
1999 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. 34ème Fêtes de la Saint Martin, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
2000 Gallery Juvénal, Fondation Bolly-Charlier, Huy, Belgium
2001 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2003 Maison culturelle d'Ath, Belgium. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Gallery Cap d'Art, Genval, Belgium
2004 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2005 Gallery Reg'Art, Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
2006 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands, with Pascal Courcelles
2009 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1975 Museum of Modern Art, Brussels, Belgium
1976 Gallery Contour, Brussels, Belgium
1977 Gallery MAS, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium. Gallery Campo, Antwerpen, Belgium
1978 Gallery Marangoni, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. Gallery Antiques Market, Cultural Center, Oostende, Belgium. Gallery Contour II, Brussels, Belgium. "Price of Drawing of the City of Renaix", Belgium
1979 Exhibition, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. Price of painting of the city of Renaix, Belgium. Cultural Center of Ottignies Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Gallery Montjoie, Brussels, Belgium
1980 7ème Foire d'Art Actuel, Gallery Montjoie, Centre for fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium. "Hop-Art", Cliniques Universitaires, Woluwé-St-Lambert, Belgium. "Price of Drawing of the City of Renaix", Belgium
1981 "Prix Louis Schmidt" 1980, Etterbeek, Belgium. "8 peintres, 4 sculpteurs, 4 céramistes, 4 photographes + Beaux-Arts", City hall of Wavre, Belgium. "Arts and Techniques", Gpoa, Woluwé St-Lambert, Belgium
1982 Libre university of Brussels, Belgium. "21e Salon de la maison idéale", Gpoa, Centre Rogier, Brussels, Belgium. City hall of Wavre, Belgium. Palais des Congrès, Brussels, Belgium. L'Autre Musée, Brussels, Belgium. "Europa-Price", Ostend, Belgium
1983 Hôtel Hilton, Gpoa, Brussels, Belgium. International Art Gallery, Hôtel Hilton, Brussels. L'Autre Musée, Brussels, Belgium. "Techniques dans l'art contemporain", Gpoa, Théâtre National de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
1984 Hôtel Hilton, Gpoa, Brussels, Belgium. Museum of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
1985 Bank Brussels Lambert, Namur, Belgium. 20ème Fêtes de la St-Martin, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium. Plan K, Brussels, Belgium
1986 Gallery Winance Sabbe, Tournai, Belgium. 21ème Fêtes de la St-Martin, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
1987 "Environnement", Jauche, Belgium. "Les environnements", Hilton Art Gallery, Brussels. "Sélection Hilton International Brussels", Gpoa, Hôtel Hilton, Brussels. "15ème anniversaire", Gpoa, Woluwé St-Lambert. "Sélection belge", Gpoa, Artothèque de Montpellier, France
1988 23ème Fêtes de la St-Martin, La Franche-Comté, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
1989 Center of the French Community in Kinshasa, Gpoa, Zaïre. Maison de la Culture, Tournai, Redu, Arlon, Belgium. Gallery Juvénal, Huy, Belgium. Gallery Ipso, Brussels, Belgium. 24ème Fêtes de la St-Martin, La Franche-Comté, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
1990 ”Centrum in de Brakke Grond", Amsterdam, Netherlands. Libre university of Brussels, Belgium. Museum of Art and History, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Gallery Ipso, Brussels, Belgium
1991 Gallery Sonia Berryer, Brussels, Belgium. "Vice-Versa", Médiatine, Gpoa, Woluwé St-Lambert, Belgium
1992 Gallery Juvénal, Huy, Belgium. 27ème Fêtes de la St-Martin, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
1993 Foyer Culturel d'Etterbeek, Belgium. Rotary Club de Brussels-Est, Schaerbeek, Belgium. Gallery Le Bateau Ivre, Redu, Belgium
1994 Palais des Congrès, Liège, Belgium. "Kunst Rai", Gallery Blom, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Espace Art-Terre, Brussels
1995 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. "Kunst Rai", Gallery Blom, Amsterdam, Netherlands. "Art 95", Brussels, Antwerpen, Liège, Belgium. Collection Crédit Communal, Maison de la Culture, Namur, Belgium. "Espace", Hour. 30ème Fêtes de la St-Martin, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium. Gallery Ephémère, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium
1996 Gallery Détour, Jambes, Belgium. Gallery Michel Vokaer, Les Glacières, Saint-Gilles, Belgium. Gallery C.N. Voutat, Geneva, Switzerland. Gallery Promotion des Contemporains, Gesves, Belgium. "Fondation Dialogues Princesse de Mérode", Marcinelle, Belgium. Abbatiale, Saint-Hubert, Belgium. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
1997 Cultural Center of Ottignies Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. "Kunst Rai", Gallery Blom, Amsterdam. Gallery Voutat-campagne, Geneva, Switzerland. Gallery Ephémère, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium. Gallery Berthet-Aittouares, Paris, France. "Kaléidoscope", Gpoa, Woluwé St-Lambert, Belgium. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
1998 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. "Carré d’Art", Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium
1999 "2ème Biennale des Artistes du Brabant wallon”, Wavre, Belgium. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. "Liberté, libertés chéries”, Brussels, Belgium. ”Netherlands Art Fair”, Gallery Blom, La Haye, Netherlands. Forum des Halles, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Maison de la Culture d’Arlon, Belgium
2000 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Gallery Blom, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Gallery Voutat-campagne, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. ”Art Twente 3”, Gallery Blom, Hengelo, Netherlands. ”Un XXe siècle d'Art en Wallonie”, Museum of the Fine arts, Mons, Belgium. ”Lieux communs 2001”, Brussels. 36ème Fêtes de la St-Martin, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
2002 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. "Polychromie plurielle", Gpoa, Woluwé St-Lambert, Belgium. ”Un XXe siècle d'Art en Wallonie”, National museum of Art of Rumania, Bucarest
2003 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands. "Carré d'Art", Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium. "Noces d'Or", Gallery "Les Contemporains", Brussels, Belgium. Centre Culturel Régional Action Sud, Nismes, Belgium. ”Petits formats”, Gpoa, Woluwé St-Lambert, Belgium. ”La Résurrection de Piero della Francesca”, San Sepolero, Italy. ”A table”, Gpoa, Woluwé St-Lambert, Belgium
2004 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2005 ”Holland Art Fair”, Den Haag, Gallery Blom, Netherlands. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2007 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2008 Maison du Bailli, Braine-le-Château, Belgium. Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2009 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2010 Gallery Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
COLLECTIONS
Bank Brussels Lambert, Brussels, - Bank Delen, Antwerp, Belgium – Bank Nationale of Belgium, Brussels - Centrum Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium – Crédit Communal de Belgique, Brussels - Essochem Belgium, Kraainem, Belgium - Federation of enterprises of Belgium - Gechem, Brussels - Generali Belgium – Gouvernement wallon, Namur, Belgium - IBM Belgium, Brussels - Ministry of the French Community of Belgium - Museum of Ixelles, Belgium - Museum of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium – Museum of Modern Art, Brussels – P.R.B., Brussels - Province of Walloon Brabant, Wavre, Belgium.
Works in many private collections: Belgium, California, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland...
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Since 1977, a great amount of articles and studies have appeared in the press both in newspapers and on TV, with the signatures of: M.L. Blom-Boonstoppel, F. Borel, N. Brousmiche, D. Catteau, B. Cornut, R. De Bertier de Sauvigny, R. de Cnodder, J. De Maet, A-S. Dierickx, J. Dustin, I. Dutron, Jo Gérard, D. Gillemon, G. Gilsoul, J. Henrard, J. Knaepen, F. Knops-Mortier, Cl. Lorent, J. Meuris, M. Minne, V. Muûls, M. Oleffe, J. Pigeon, A. Rabineau, J. Rebuffat, S. Rey, Ch. Sonon, L.L. Sosset, W. Toebosch, R.P. Turine, J. Vandendriessche, Y. Vander Cruysen, I. Vandevivere, J-P. VanTieghem, A. Viray, M. Voiturier, J.R. Wolfswinkel...


"Composition avec buisson", pastel sur papier, 90 x 122 cm, 1984
Collection privée, Lasne, Belgique
"Composition avec buisson", pastel on paper, 35.4 x 48 in, 1984
Private collection, Lasne, Belgium


"Parfum de France", pastel sur papier, 200 x 150 cm, 1984
Collection de la Communauté française de Belgique
"Parfum de France", pastel on paper, 78.7 x 59 in, 1984
Collection of the French Community of Belgium


"Les accords classiques", pastel sur papier marouflé sur toile, 59 x 59 cm, 1992
Collection privée, Genève, Suisse
"Les accords classiques",  pastel on paper affixed to canvas , 23.2 x 23.2 in, 1992
Private collection, Genève, Switzerland


"Evanescent", acrylique sur toile, 195 x 200 cm, 1997
Collection privée, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
"Evanescent", acrylic on canvas, 76.8 x 78.7 in, 1997
Private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands


"En se rapprochant", pastel sur papier marouflé sur bois, 80 x 114 cm, 1996
Collection du Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique
"En se rapprochant", pastel on paper affixed to wood, 31.5 x 44.8 in, 1996
Collection of the Museum of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium


 "Naissance II", acier peint, 45 x 57 x 37 cm, 1994
"Naissance II", steel paints, 17.7 x 22.4 x 14.6 in, 1994


"Péruvien", acrylique sur toile, 150 x 150 cm, 1997
Collection privée, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
"Péruvien", acrylic on canvas, 59 x 59 in, 1997
Private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands


"La porte cascade", pastel sur papier marouflé sur toile, 198 x 94 cm, 1991
Collection privée, Genève, Suisse
"La porte cascade", pastel on paper affixed to canvas, 78 x 37 in, 1991
Private collection, Genève, Switzerland


"Dans le bleu", pastel sur papier, 90 x 122 cm, 1985
Collection privée, Bruxelles
"Dans le bleu", pastel on papier, 35.4 x 48 in, 1985
Private collection, Brussels


"En quatre parties", acrylique sur toile, 148 x 296,5 cm, 1993
Collection Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Bruxelles
"En quatre parties", acrylic on canvas, 58.2 x 116.5 in, 1993
Collection Bank Brussels Lambert, Brussels


"Les yeux du pêcheur", acrylique sur toile, 150 x 150 cm, 1996
Collection privée, Bruxelles
"Les yeux du pêcheur", acrylic on canvas, 59 x 59 in, 1996
Private collection, Brussels


"Un petit jeu", encre de Chine, 150 x 100 cm, 1985
Collection Musée d'Ixelles, Belgique
"Un petit jeu", India ink, 59 x 39.4 in, 1985
Collection Museum of Ixelles, Belgium


"Instant provençal", acrylique sur toile, 97,5 x 200 cm, 1993
Collection Banque Delen, Anvers
"Instant provençal", acrylic on canvas, 38.2 x 78.7 in, 1993
Collection Bank Delen, Antwerp


"Sortie du bois", pastel sur papier marouflé sur toile, 130 x 97 cm, 1986
Collection privée, Lasne, Belgique
"Sortie du bois", pastel on paper affixed to canvas, 51.2 x 38.2, 1986
Private collection, Lasne, Belgium



"Ouest", acrylique sur toile, 74,5 x 444 cm, 1993
Collection Generali, Bruxelles
"Ouest", acrylic on canvas, 29.1 x 174.8 in, 1993
Collection Generali, Brussels


"Effacement recommencé", acrylique sur papier marouflé sur toile, 200 x 150 cm, 1989
Collection Banque Nationale de Belgique 
"Effacement recommencé", acrylic on paper affixed to canvas , 78.7 x 59 in, 1989
Collection National Bank of Belgium


"Ciel", acrylique sur toile, 97 x 130 cm, 2004
Collection particulière, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
"Ciel", acrylic on canvas, 32.2 x 51.2, 2004
Private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands


"Souvenir d'Afrique", acrylique sur toile, 80 x 100 cm, 2001
Collection privée, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
"Souvenir d'Afrique", acrylic on canvas, 31.5 x 39.4 in, 2001
Private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands


"La bifurcation", acrylique sur toile, 96 x 198 cm, 2000
Collection privée, Tervuren, Belgique
"La bifurcation", acrylic on canvas, 37.8 x 78 in, 2000
Private collection, Tervuren, Belgium


"Ondulations sensibles", fusain sur papier, 99,5 x 149,5 cm, 2006
"Ondulations sensibles", charcoal on paper, 39 x 58.6 in, 2006


"La clairière des passions", acrylique sur toile, 100 x 100 cm, 2009
 "La clairière des passions", acrylic on canvas, 39.4 x 39.4 in, 2009


"Bord céleste", pastel sur papier, 80 x 138,5 cm, 2010
"Bord céleste", pastel on paper, 31.5 x 54.3 in, 2010


"Territoire végétal", acrylique sur toile, 97 x 130 cm, 2009
Collection particulière, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
"Territoire végétal", acrylic on canvas, 38.2 x 51.2 in, 2009
Private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands


"Le discours lunaire", acrylique sur toile, 135 x 195 cm, 2000
Collection privée, Zwijndrecht, Pays-Bas
"Le discours lunaire", acrylic on canvas, 53.1 x 76.8 in, 2000
Collection privée, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands


"Carré noir", acrylique sur toile, 190 x 200 cm, 2004
Collection privée, Echteld, Pays-Bas
"Carré noir", acrylic on canvas, 74.8 x 78.7 in, 2004
Private collection, Echteld, Netherlands


"Ecoutant un jardin", acrylique sur toile, 80 x 80 cm, 1999
Collection privée, Waalre, Pays-Bas
"Ecoutant un jardin", acrylic on canvas, 31.5 x 31.5 in, 1999
Private collection, Waalre, Netherlands


 
 "Marécage", acrylique sur toile, 35 x 150 cm, 2010
  "Marécage", acrylic on canvas, 13.7 x 59 in, 2010


Acrylique sur papier, diamètre 3 cm, 2001 
Acrylic on paper, diameter 1.18 in, 2001

"Flying over", acrylique sur toile marouflée sur aluminium, 340 x 625 cm, 2003
Gare du Midi, Bruxelles
"Flying over", acrylic on paper mounted on canvas on aluminium, 133.8 x 246 in, 2003
South Station, Brussels