Red metal trunk with light green interior, two front latches and large, looping metal side handles. Contains numerous art supplies belonging to the artist Joseph Vermeiren, including palettes, brushes, sketch books and other equipment. Painted on front: VERMEIREN. NICOSIA. CYPRUS. VIA LIMASSOL. 19.
Joseph Vermeiren was born in Belgium and studied at the Art Academy of Calais in France. Later, he graduated from the University of Louvain as an electrician and mineralogist. He worked in many countries, including Belgium, Colombia, Congo, and Cyprus. He never forgot his love for painting and in Belgium he attended lessons at the atelier of Marcel Astir. In 1959, he entered the Royal Arts Academy of Antwerp and specialised in portraits. He married the Cypriot Agnes Markides and settled in Cyprus, where he devoted most of his time to painting. He had many exhibitions in Nicosia, Larnaca and the British bases. He died in 1990.
mmr-00544.01 > Easel, Wood, 20th century
You can see this exhibit up close, along with many others, in the 3rd-floor exhibition room of CVAR.
