Sonja-Rosalia Bauters
Born in 1938.
Sonja‑Rosalia Bauters is, according to the source consulted, a Belgian artist active as a painter and ceramicist. She studied at the Academy and the Hoger Instituut in Antwerp and was a pupil of Gustaaf De Bruyne.
The notice characterises her work as the representation of a reality distorted by dreams and emphasises a refined, technically meticulous handling. It features aristocratic and static figures which, again according to the source, sometimes evoke the Flemish Primitives. The press quoted in the notice describes her work in these original Dutch terms: «Symboliek en esthetiek, poëzie en virtuositeit, droom en nostalgie, emotie en een intense dialoog tussen de maker enerzijds en de materie, de kleur, het ritme, het afgebeelde, het suggestieve, het zichtbare en het onderhuidse anderzijds.»
Among the titles mentioned is 'Dame met blauw vaasje aan het raam', described by the same source as a «Surrelalistische compositie». Her name also appears in the reference works mentioned in the notice, notably BAS II and the publication 'Twee eeuwen signaturen van Belgische kunstenaars' (Piron).
Taken together, these elements outline the profile of an artist rooted in painting and ceramics, oriented towards a dreamlike aesthetic and meticulous execution, as presented by the source consulted.