Georges Van der Straeten

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Georges Van der Straeten in his Paris studio, between 1885 and 1890.

Georges Van der Straeten (born December 21, 1856 in Ghent , Kingdom of Belgium , † 1928 ) was a Belgian sculptor . He also used the name Dargil to sign his work .

Life

Georges Van der Straeten initially worked as a lawyer; from 1882 he was a student of the sculptors Jef Lambeaux and Gustave Kasteleyn. In 1883 he left Ghent and moved to Paris , where he exhibited at the salons of the Société des Artistes Français from 1885 to 1912 . In Paris he befriended the Belgian painters Jan van Beers and Rik Wouters . He received various awards, including a silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 ; In 1903 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor .

The paintings by the painter Antoine Watteau inspired the numerous busts of Van der Straeten. His art nouveau bronzes were handcrafted by , among others, the sculptor Emile Pinedo, the Société des Bronzes de Paris and the Éditeur d'art (art publisher) and sculptor Arthur Goldscheider .

Works (selection)

Left Van der Straeten's seated statue Sous l'Empire from 1893, exhibited at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 , right a work by R. Sudre.
  • Theresa
  • Artemis
  • Colombine on a croissant de lune
  • Buste de femme au chapeau
  • Buste d'élégante
  • Au bain
  • Menuet
  • Jeune fille souriante
  • Elegant
  • Portrait de femme en buste souriant
  • La conguete de l'amour
  • Frétillon
  • Danseuse au drapé
  • Pierrette , in the style of Art Deco

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Claire Baisier: 17th and 18th Century Terracottas. The Van Herck Collection. Royal Museums of Fine Arts , King Baudoin Foundation, Brussels 2000. p. 144.
  2. ^ Paul Pfisterer, Claire Pfisterer: Signaturenlexikon / Dictionary of Signatures . Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ISBN 3-11-082446-9 . P. 957.
  3. ^ Catherine Carter Goebel: Origins of modernity. Augustana College, 2005. ISBN 0-9714345-2-2 . P. 192.
  4. ^ Paul Piron: Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles, LZ . 2003, p. 604.
  5. ↑ a b c Philippe Zoï: Fair Selection toboggan . P. 134.
  6. ^ Vanity Fair , Issue 36, 1886. p. 223.
  7. ^ 19th and Early 20th Century Sculpture. Sotheby's, 1990.
  8. ^ Pierre Kjellberg: Les bronzes au XIXe siècle dictionnaire des sculpteurs . Editions de l'Amateur, Paris 2005. p. 658.
  9. ^ Pierre Kjellberg: Les bronzes au XIXe siècle dictionnaire des sculpteurs . Editions de l'Amateur, Paris 2005. p. 664.
  10. ↑ Georges Van der STRAETEN (1856–1928) . In: gazette-drouot.com .
  11. ^ Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s. Arnold, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 , 640 pp.
personal data
SURNAME Van der Straeten, Georges
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dargil (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghent , Kingdom of Belgium
DATE OF DEATH 1928