1988 Middelkerke (België)
Hubert Lampoo wrote about him in 1955 following an exhibition (Apollo, Bruxelles): “…we cannot escape the amiable and serious world of Emile Bergen, a mixture of colorful, crystalline and botanical forms.”
1950: 1st prize living model drawing academy in Leuven (Willem Paerels). Mention Hélène Jacquet, La Louvière prize
1954, 1955 & 1959: award for young Belgian painting
1955: Apollo Brussels
1960: Galerie St. Laurent. Mention price city of Ostend
1962: Galerie Zodiaque. Prize of Criticism
Member of the groups:
The Cahier 333
Formes Nouvelles
d4
Geoform
Coll’art