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1947 --- Born in Antwerp February 1 ---

1956 --- Attended music school Classical and Jazz music---

1962 --- Worked as author and composer---

1964 --- Concentrated on writing poetry and began to make his first drawings.

            First-price poetry:Belgian Radio Television contest---

1968 --- After completing his studies, began to travel around the world.

            Being attracted to Latin-America,traveled through Mexico, 

            Venezuela, Brasil        

1969 ---Traveled to the U.S.A and attended Woodstock ---

1970 --- Met Jacques Brel in Paris ---

1972 --- Traveled to Brazil.Met singer-poet and diplomat Vinicius De Moraës ---

1975 --- Traveled throughout Spain and discovered the works of Tapies and Clavé ---

1980 --- Decided to live a couple of months a year in Brazil.Traveled

            through the  Amazon and met its native peoples. Began to paint as an  

            autodidact

1991 --- First exhibition in the U.S.A. Avanti Galleries in New- Jersey and New York

1992 --- First collaboration with Gallery Cédric Van Der Planken Antwerp ---

1992--2008   --- Art Fairs and exhibitions around the world.---



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