Gisbert Combaz

Tree and Valley 1898

Gisbert Corneille Henri Paul Combaz (born September 23, 1869 in Antwerp , † January 18, 1941 in Saint-Gilles ) was a Belgian artist (graphic artist, poster artist) and specialist in East Asian art.

Life

Gisbert Combaz first studied law at the Free University in Brussels , received his doctorate in 1891 and worked as a lawyer. Initially only active as an amateur artist, he exhibited at exhibitions from 1886. In 1893/94 he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels .

From 1895 Combaz taught drawing at the Agricole Institute in Gembloux . From 1898 to 1940 he taught at the École des Arts industrielles et décoratifs in Ixelles . In addition, from 1912 to 1939 he was Professor of Decorative Composition at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His students included u. a. René Magritte .

On April 16, 1895, he married Martha Verhas, a daughter of the painter Jan Verhas , and had three children: Jean (1896), Suzanne (1897) and Denise (1903).

Combaz numerous graphic works of Art Nouveau : postcards, exhibition posters by the artist group “La Libre Esthétique”, designed books and also designed furniture, tiles and embroidery.

He also dealt intensively with the art of the art of the Far East and published a number of treatises on it.

Illustrated books

• Louis Delattre: Le pays wallon . 1910.
• Hadelin de Moreau cathedral: Nos aînés au champ d'honneur , Maredsous 1920.

Scientific treatises

• Les impériales de la Chine . In: Annales de la Société d'archéologie de Bruxelles 21, 1907, p. 381–
• The palais impériaux de la Chine . In: Annales de la Société royale d'archeologie de Bruxelles 21, 1908, p. 425–
• Les temples impériaux de la Chine . In: Annales de la Société royale d'archeologie de Bruxelles 26, 1912, pp. 223-324.
• Evolution du stupa en Asie, étude d'architecture bouddhique . In: Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 2, 1932/33, pp. 163-305.
• Evolution du stupa en Asie, étude d'architecture bouddhique . In: Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 3, 1934/35, pp. 93-44.
• L'Evolution du stupa en Asie. Les symbolismes du stupa . In: Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 4, 1935/36, pp. 1–125.
• L'Inde et l'orient classique . Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris 1937
• La peinture chinoise vue par un peintre occidental. Introduction à l'histoire de la peinture chinoise . In: Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 6, 1937, pp. 42-141.
• Masques et dragons en Asie (= Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 7, 1939-1945). Bruges 1945.

literature

• Ary Delen: Combaz, Ghisbert . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 268 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• René Grousset, Jeannine Auboyer: Gisbert Combaz . In: Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 7, 1939-1945, pp. I-IX.
• Henri Lavachery: Combaz, Gisbert . In: Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 33, Brussels 1965, Col. 169-173 ( digitized version ).
• Philippe Roberts-Jones: Le Dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours . Volume 1, Renaissance du Livre, Brussels 1995, ISBN 978-2804120122 , pp. 202-203.
• Uta Römer: Combaz, Ghisbert . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 20, Saur, Munich a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-598-22760-4 , p. 429 f.
• Jane Block: Gisbert Combaz (1869-1941). Fin de siècle artist . Pandora, Antwerp 1999, ISBN 90-5325-175-8 .
• Paul Gough: Mayhem and Madness: the War Art of Gisbert Combaz . In: The Art Newspaper , International Edition, 261, October 2014 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Gisbert Combaz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ghisbert Combaz. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
• Works on artnet.de
• Stephen Ongpin Fine Art biography
• John Coulthart: The art of Gisbert Combaz
• Who Was Who of Indian Studies