Bram Bogart was born in Delft, Netherlands in 1921. He studied art at Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, The Hague, enrolling in 1943. After the war, Bogart spent time working between the south of France and Paris where he set up a studio in 1951. In 1959 he moved to Brussels, with frequent stays in Rome, and then to the Belgian towns of Brussels, Ohain vilage and Kortenbos vilage.
Throughout his career Bogart exhibited extensively in Europe, including solo exhibitions at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1959); Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (1964); PMMK, Museum of Modern Art, Ostend (1995); Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice (1999); Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons (2000); Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Liège (2004); Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen (2005); and Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen (2012).
In 1970 Bogart was selected to be one of the representative artists in the Belgium pavilion at the 35th Venice Biennale, a pivotal moment in the artist’s career. Other important group exhibitions include: G.I.A 1964, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1964); L’Art en Belgique, 1880–1950, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels (1978); België-Nederland, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1981); 150ans de collections d’art belge, Musée d’Ypres, Belgium (1981); Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (1981); Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn (1984); La Pittura fiamminga e olandese da Van Gogh, Ensor, Magritte, Mondrian ai Contemporanei, Palazzo Grassi, Venice (1997); and New New Painters, 69th Regiment Armory, New York (2000).
Works by Bogart are featured in many international museums and public collections. Among these are Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Mudam, Luxembourg; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; Museum Voorlinden; National Gallery of Victoria, Australia; S.M.A.K, Ghent; Tate, London; Voorlinden Museum, Wassenaar, Netherlands; and Yuan Art Museum, Beijing.
Bram Bogart died at his home in Kortenbos, Belgium in 2012.