Original works · An enduring legacy
A world beyond the ordinary.
Every painting tells a story. Every colour holds a feeling.
Bert Menco saw the world differently — with imagination, tenderness, humour and a spirit entirely his own.
Through his art, we are invited into a world where ordinary moments become extraordinary, where dreams take shape, and where his imagination continues to live.
Discover his world. Explore his art. Keep his story alive.
A curated selection
In Blue Bride, Bert Menco portrays an enigmatic bride surrounded by vivid colours and dreamlike imagery. Her mysterious presence suggests a delicate balance between love, longing and uncertainty. Through expressive forms and symbolic details, the painting transforms a traditional symbol of romance into a poetic exploration of emotion, identity and imagination.
In Display, Bert Menco presents a mysterious figure adorned with fiery, wing-like forms against a richly patterned background. Vibrant colours and symbolic details create a dreamlike atmosphere, where innocence, fantasy and transformation come together. The figure seems to exist between reality and imagination, inviting the viewer into a world of wonder and mystery.
Three bodies held in one quiet balance — light, reflection and the ground beneath our feet. Painted in the stillness of the Ragdale woods, it carries the calm of someone who looked up at the sky and saw a family. To live with this canvas is to keep a small cosmos in your home: warm, watchful, and endlessly turning.
Night Spirits explores themes of mystery, imagination, and the unseen world. Enigmatic figures emerge from a dreamlike nocturnal landscape, evoking a sense of spiritual presence, hidden emotions, and the delicate boundary between reality and fantasy.
In a mysterious forest, a red-haired figure stands beneath a wing-like canopy, her gentle smile radiating calm and wonder. Inspired by the legend of Saint Hubert, patron saint of hunters, the painting brings together nature, spirituality and imagination. A dreamlike world where the forest seems to hold a secret of its own.
At the centre, a seated figure folds into a moment of stillness while little green-clad figures circle a delicate yellow enclosure. The surrounding movement makes that solitude feel all the more human. Perhaps we recognise the private room each of us carries within: a place where memory, company and longing continue to move, even when we are quiet. This reading of the image keeps Bert’s world close without claiming to resolve its mystery.
The estate collection
“No new Menco will ever be painted.
What remains is all there will ever be.”
A finite body of work, released privately by the artist's family to collectors who will cherish it.
The man behind the imagination
Dutch-American artist and scientist Bert Menco found extraordinary worlds within the everyday. His paintings weave together memory, emotion and imagination — each one a window into a life of profound curiosity.
Discover the artistIn his own words
“I divide my time between science and art...”Bert Menco · Art of Chicago, 2001Read the full interview
For the discerning collector