Georges Van der Straeten
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)
- 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
- George van der Straeten (Belgian, 1856–1941). In: artnet , with pictures of Van der Straeten's work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Paul Pfisterer, Claire Pfisterer: Signaturenlexikon / Dictionary of Signatures . Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ISBN 3-11-082446-9 . P. 957.
- ^ Catherine Carter Goebel: Origins of modernity. Augustana College, 2005. ISBN 0-9714345-2-2 . P. 192.
- ^ Paul Piron: Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles, LZ . 2003, p. 604.
- ↑ a b c Philippe Zoï: Fair Selection toboggan . P. 134.
- ^ Vanity Fair , Issue 36, 1886. p. 223.
- ^ 19th and Early 20th Century Sculpture. Sotheby's, 1990.
- ^ Pierre Kjellberg: Les bronzes au XIXe siècle dictionnaire des sculpteurs . Editions de l'Amateur, Paris 2005. p. 658.
- ^ Pierre Kjellberg: Les bronzes au XIXe siècle dictionnaire des sculpteurs . Editions de l'Amateur, Paris 2005. p. 664.
- ↑ Georges Van der STRAETEN (1856–1928) . In: gazette-drouot.com .
- ^ 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.
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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 |