Poucette Fauconier
Belgian painter born in 1924 and died in 2004
In 1935, at the age of 11, her first drawing, the colonial theatre was published in the Belgian Nation newspaper on November 10 as part of an Exhibition competition.
In 1942, she studied at the Fine Arts décoratifs in Brussels and at the Higher Institute of Decorative Arts in La Cambre with Serge Creuz and Roger Somville..
In 1943, she married the architect Jean-Gerald Eggericx, son of the famous Urbanist Jean-Jules Eggericx and in 1945, from this union was born their son: Frank Eggericx. é
In April 1946, she made her debut with the painters Serge Creuz and Raymond Cossé at the Louis Manteau gallery. Supported by this gallery, she then exhibited on her own drawings, watercolours, gouaches and paintings between 1946 and 1950. The critics speak of her as a relavation, very favorable reviews are published about her paintings described as wonderfully weird, wacky, wild, fiery, human, naïve but always spontaneous. There seems to be no premeditation in her work. In her paintings she tells of her life and dreams. Paul H. Bourguignon said of her in an article in the newspaper Le Phare on April 5, 1946, that she did not know the proportions and that having learned nothing, she needed nothing to learn.
In 1950, she exhibited at the Maison de la Sirène, during her first salon together with the some of the great painters of her time such as Magritte, Fernand Schirren, Edgard Tytgat, Georges Morren, Georges Creten, Paul Delvaux, Max Ernst, Anne Bonnet, Roger De Coninck, Jan Cox, Marc Mendelsohn, Serge Creuz and Gilbert Portanier.
In 1955, she also exhibited her paintings at the Gallery of the ‘Theatre de Poche’ as part of ‘Awakened World’ exhibition with Felix Labisse, Rachel Baes, Aubin Pasque and Jacques Lacomblez.At the same time,she exhibited at the Apollo galleries, as part of Apport 48, with the group of artists La Jeune Peinture Belge, which also included Pierre Alechinsky, René Barbaix, Bertrand Boquet, Pol Bury, Georges Collignon, Anne Bonnet, Jan Cox, Serge Creuz, Jo Delahaut, Youri Demeure, Emile Mahy, Marc Mendelsohn, Milo.
Poucette sometimes signs her paintings with the pseudonym Poucette Noa or Noah.
Some of her paintings are in the collection of Queen Elizabeth.
In 1954 she married Antoine Battesty and moved to Paris.
In 1959 she exhibited her paintings at the Bernsheim - Young Gallery in a competition of which she won the 2nd prize.
She travels the world and is passionate about the colors of the Orient and the Middle-East that are reflected in her paintings.
On her return to Brussels, she exhibited one last time in 1977 at the Aspects gallery (director Ivonne Giron, 72 rue du President in Ixelles),
After that her interest centered on Graphology, Astrology and Astrophysics.
A portrait of Poucette appears in the book Portraits of Artists 1948-1952 by photographer Roland d'Ursel, published in 1990, on the occasion of the Roland d'Ursel Exhibition, organized by the Museum of Photography in Charleroi..
Towards the end of her life, Jacqueline Manteau, the daughter of Louis Manteau, reconnected with her and introduced her to a great Australian art lover, Fred Wilson, who had several of her drawings and paintings and made the journey from Australia to get to know her. A great friendship was born and lasted the rest of her life.
Poucette died on June 14, 2004 in Boitsfort at the age of 79.
