tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post4749773137633574342..comments2023-10-31T12:17:42.008+00:00Comments on Adventures in the Print Trade: L'Art BelgeNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-85880278494752730932011-03-29T22:05:20.472+01:002011-03-29T22:05:20.472+01:00Thanks for responding anyways!
But I went to the R...Thanks for responding anyways!<br />But I went to the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels to look for some archives, if you are interested there are books found from 1924 until 1929 with the magazines of every month. There are also 3 special editions, of which 2 are yours I guess.<br />It seems to me that there are more special editions to be still alive than the ordinary ones. <br />Beso!Ester Jorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328247369534388205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-34864737265714900742011-03-29T13:29:42.150+01:002011-03-29T13:29:42.150+01:00Hi Ester - Sorry, I don't know much more than ...Hi Ester - Sorry, I don't know much more than this - I only have this one special issue with the extra prints. But even ordinary copies seem quite hard to come by.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-18198371978713120922011-03-29T11:42:24.461+01:002011-03-29T11:42:24.461+01:00Do you have any idea of how many magazines (number...Do you have any idea of how many magazines (number 1, number 2, number 3,...) they made? I'm trying to figure this magazine out but all the archives i find (and can not find) are so chaotic. <br />Your blog anyways made some things already more clear to me :)Ester Jorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328247369534388205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-54302648861731544102010-02-11T11:20:11.329+00:002010-02-11T11:20:11.329+00:00Hi, as you can see this is my first post here.
In ...Hi, as you can see this is my first post here.<br />In first steps it's very nice if someone supports you, so hope to meet friendly and helpful people here. Let me know if I can help you.<br />Thanks and good luck everyone! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-78023122714256314542008-06-26T15:18:00.000+01:002008-06-26T15:18:00.000+01:00There was a very interesting-sounding exhibition l...There was a very interesting-sounding exhibition last year at the Fondation de l'Hermitage in Lausanne called Belgium Unveiled: From Impressionism to Expressionism. But I didn't get to see it, and haven't been able to get hold of a catalogue. And I missed the 1994 show at the Royal Academy in London, Impressionism to Symbolism: Belgian Avant-Garde 1880-1900. I think these were probably the two best recent opportunities to get a good overview of the Belgian art of this period. I don't argue with the pre-eminence of the artists who have achieved international status - Stevens, Khnopff, Ensor, Evenepoel - but many of the others seem unfairly neglected. Baertsoen and Claus I especially like.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-31103420568550127362008-06-26T15:06:00.000+01:002008-06-26T15:06:00.000+01:00I think most people writing about art want to be t...I think most people writing about art want to be taken seriously and part of that is writing about whomever others have included. And then there's the matter of access. The internet has opened a door, with musuems and libraries putting their entire collections online. Nationalism, like any organizing principle, has its limits. Because I speak French, I'm embarrassed by how little I know about Belgian art. Writing about it makes me learn something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-28578910049568161562008-06-26T07:27:00.000+01:002008-06-26T07:27:00.000+01:00Truly beautiful drawings. It's amazing what we don...Truly beautiful drawings. It's amazing what we don't know about the artists of Belgium.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-82036308061910956492008-06-25T22:55:00.000+01:002008-06-25T22:55:00.000+01:00Thanks, Jane. Baertsoen and Claus were friends, an...Thanks, Jane. Baertsoen and Claus were friends, and both spent WWI in London, working in the studio of John Singer Sargent (this may be the subject of another blog entry when time permits). Because Belgium suffered so much so early in the war, I think a lot of Belgian artists ended up in London, especially those who were in Paris when war broke out. I'm just finding out about Belgian art myself - you realise as you discover more how little you know. The 'official' history of art is incredibly skewed towards particular individuals and countries.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-44711514225543665972008-06-25T21:16:00.000+01:002008-06-25T21:16:00.000+01:00Thank you for introducing these Belgian artists. I...Thank you for introducing these Belgian artists. I find Belgian art strangely attractive and am trying to understand why that is. By the way, I remember reading that Albert Baertsoen spent time in London during WW I, where his son lived. I didn't realize that many others did. Your website is a cornucopia of information and ideas where many sites about art give little or no information other than the images. I wish it were easier to find information about Belgian artists here in the States. Thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com