Marcel Broodthaers

Belgian visual artist (1924-1976).

Born January 28th, 1924 in Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis. [ref]

Died January 28th, 1976 at 52 years old in Cologne (liver disease). [ref]

Occupations
conceptual artist, engraver, filmmaker, illustrator, installation artist, painter, photographer, poet, sculptor, video artist, videographer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde