Lucebert

Born Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk in Amsterdam in 1924, Lucebert, as he became known, was a multifaceted Dutch artist whose impact spanned both poetry and visual art. His early life was unconventional; after a brief stint at art school in 1938, he chose to live an itinerant life for nearly a decade. A pivotal moment came in 1947 when a Franciscan convent offered him lodging in exchange for a large mural, though the nuns, perhaps not appreciating his avant-garde style, had it…