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created on: 25/03/2024
by: bob (9189)
 
 

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Hugoké, stylized as hugOKÉ, pseudonym of Hugo de Kempeneer (born in 1938 in Vilvoorde, Belgium – died in 2021 in Ostend, Belgium), was a Belgian artist and cartoonist.

De Kempeneer was trained at Sint-Lukas Brussels by Luc Verstraete. His first published cartoons appeared in De Standaard in 1957.
A prominent appearance in the Flemish press from the late 1950s until the late 1970s, his work featured left-wing progressive political-social satire, drawn in a loose style.
In the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the resident cartoonists for the magazine De Nieuwe.

Together with Hugo Claus, Hugoké created the comic strip De Avonturen van Belgman in the 1960s and contributed to Claus' play Leopold II. Later he focused more on (political) cartoons and won the Grand Prize at the Salon International de la Caricature in Montreal.
In 1980 he represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale.
In addition, together with Buth and Ploeg, he designed the images that the broadcaster BRT used in the 1960s in case of technical problems.

Hugoké also made poster art.

Besides comics and cartoons, hugOKÉ became equally noted in other forms of graphic art. In the 1960s, he illustrated Gaston Durnez' humorous poetry books 'Wiltzang' (1961) and 'Hooikoorts' (1962), while designing the cover of Ward Ruyslinck's satirical novel 'De Karakoliërs' (Manteau, 1969). He also livened up the pages of Viktor Christen's novel 'Spiel mit Strich und Schnipsel' (Stalling, 1970) and E. van Zandweghe's 'Het Kleine Vogeltje en Het Grote Bruine Paard' (1975), a book celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Christelijke Mutualiteiten health insurance fund in Brussels.

Together with Gal and Ever Meulen, he can be seen as a pioneer of the Flemish cartoon and has succeeded in turning the cartoon into a contemporary art.
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Submitted by : bob (9189)
on : 25/03/2024