Bram Bogart ranks amongst the principal artists of the ‘Informel’, the large post-war movement, which abandoned geometric abstraction in favour of a more intuitive form of expression, similar to action painting, but often a lot more textural. Bram Bogart worked at the heart of the movement, which included artists such as Alberto Burri in Italy, and Antonio Tàpies in Spain. In 1946 Bogart visited Paris and settled there during 1951-59. His works from his Parisian period are delicate and subtle, yet showing strong gestural action. After his move to Belgium in 1959, Bogart’s work became widely recognised. From the early 1960s onwards he developed his unmistakable original canvases, characterised by a new technique radiant with colour, light and optimism. Although Bogart has used the same technique since the early 1960s, he has always been able to renew his painting and is considered one of the most important post-war ‘matière’ painters. Recently Bogart's contribution to art history was realised with an acquisition of a number of works by Tate Modern, London and a show at the Saatchi Gallery, London.