Travel was inherently meaningful to Verheyen. He travelled to immerse himself in architecture’s form language and lose himself in the singular qualities of light. Jef Verheyen's travel book, Op zoek naar de magische kracht [The quest for magical power], is a particularly potent testament to this. The quest for light that alters wherever you go led him to places like Venice and Brazil and eventually found him in Provence, where he spent the last chapter of his life.
>Jef Verheyen, Napels, juli 1960, 1960.Text, ink on paper, 2 sides.
>Jef Verheyen, Travel schedule (São Paulo - Rio - Mexico - New York - Montréal), 1967.Text, ink on paper, 2 sides.
>Jef Verheyen, Op zoek naar de magische kracht, 1970-1984.Book, ink, pencil, paper and photography.
>Jef Verheyen, Erker Press, Erker Galerie, Travel diary (Sankt Gallen, Vienna, Paris, Marseilles, Soll, Italy), 1981-1984.Book, ink on paper.
>Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Sammlung Lenz, Travel schedule (Romania, visiting Brancusi's birth house with Günther Uecker and Gerhard & Anna Lenz), 1983.Text, pencil and ink on paper, 2 sides.
>Jef Verheyen, Travel notes (Italy).Text, ink on paper, 1 side.