Essen, Germany, 1869–Otterlo, the Netherlands, 1939
early education in Düsseldorf before attending a preparatory boarding school in Brussels
Étienne-Joseph-Théophile Thoré (Willi Bürger), Paris (until d. 1869); private collection, Paris (until 1870); William T. Blodgett, Paris (from 1870; sold half share to Johnston); William T. Blodgett, Paris, and John Taylor Johnston, New York (1870–71; sold to The Met)
Brussels, 1956, p. 166, as among unsigned works ascribed to Fyt. Walter A.
He was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, and, due to the continuity of the family trade and the industry that developed in prints after his works, Bruegel’s impact was widespread and long lasting.
depictions, such as the Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
The increasingly erotic character of Rodin’s sculpture in the 1880s can be explained by his preoccupation with two highly charged literary sources. These were Dante’s Inferno and Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil.
monumental stone sculptures that included the allegorical groups Africa and Asia for the Brussels
Vincent van Gogh brought his work in Provence to a close with exuberant bouquets of spring flowers—two of irises and two of roses. This exhibition will reunite this group of paintings for the first time since the artist’s death and is timed to coincide with the blooming of the flowers that captured his attention.
from the success his Sunflowers (1888) had enjoyed in back-to-back exhibitions in Brussels
The Artist: Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440–1482), born in Ghent, was one of the leading Flemish artists of the second half of the fifteenth century. Initially, Hugo followed in the grand tradition of the illusionism of Jan van Eyck’s paintings, with a palette of richly saturated colors and a clear organization of space that depended on single vanishing-point perspective
(Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels). Photo: KIK/IRPA Fig. 3.
Exh. cat.Brussels, 1946. André Chastel. Vuillard, peintures, 1890-1930 .
The movement Luther initiated spread and grew in popularity—especially in Northern Europe, though reaction to the protests against the church varied from country to country.
ca. 1525–28 The Fifteen Mysteries and the Virgin of the Rosary Netherlandish (Brussels
Inscription: Upper right, in pen and brown ink: 2Lower right, in pen and brown ink: illegible figuresBottom center, in graphite: 18Verso, upper left, in graphite: 1980.515Verso, upper right, in graphite: 100
Brussels, 1962, cat. no. 41, fig. no. 54,55, pp. 110-111, ill.
possibly Philip Yorke (British); most likely Alexander Buchan, M.D. (British); Samuel Lane (British); Francis Turner (British); H.W. Turner (British); Sir D’Arcy Power (British); Harold and Frida Laski (British)
fabrica (Of the Structure of the Human Body) Author: Andreas Vesalius (Flemish, Brussels
