Pierre Bourgeois

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Pierre Bourgeois (born December 4, 1898 in Charleroi , † May 25, 1976 in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe ) was a Belgian poet . He is considered one of the most important protagonists of the Belgian avant-garde . He was the younger brother of the architect Victor Bourgeois .

life and work

Pierre Bourgeois moved to Brussels in 1916 . There he published his first volumes of poetry and with his brother Victor became a leading figure in circles of the artistic avant-garde . Together with his brother he founded the constructivist magazine 7 Arts: tous les arts , which appeared in 156 issues between June 1922 and September 1928 . In the vicinity of the magazine, an artist group was formed that included Pierre-Louis Flouquet , Karel Maes and Marcel-Louis Baugniet , Felix De Boeck , Victor Servranckx , Jozef Peeters , Jean Jacques Gaillard , Marc Eemans and Stanislas Jasinski . In 1930 the group 7 Arts separated.

His work includes over 800 poems, some of which have not been published . In addition to his literary work, he was also active as a filmmaker .

Works (selection)

  • 1919 Au Volant
  • 1922 La Foi du Doute
  • 1923 80 Compositions lyriques , with linocuts by Karel Maes
  • 1927 Romantisme à toi , with linocuts by Pierre-Louis Flouquet
  • 1930 Nouvelles Compositions lyriques
  • 1937 Poèmes
  • 1948 Remous et regains
  • 1956 Politesses pour la radioactivité
  • 1959 Bricolage d'alvéoles
  • 1964 Trois-Six
  • 1970 Poèmes 70

literature

  • Goyens de Heusch, Serge: 7 Arts, Un front de jeunesse pour la révolution artistique , 1976 Le Ministere de la Culture Fancaise de Belgique,
  • Smet, Johan De: modernisme - L'art abstrait Belge et l'Europe (1912-1930) , 2013 Fonds Mercator, ISBN 978-9462300019
  • Brooker, Peter; Bru, Sascha; Thacker, Andrew: The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines, Volume 3: Europe 1880 - 1940 , 2013 Oxford University Press , ISBN 978-0199659586
  • Aubert, Nathalie et al .: From Art Nouveau to Surrealism: Belgian Modernity in the Making , 2007 Maney Publishing, ISBN 978-1904350644
  • Strauven, Iwan: Les frères Bourgeois: Architecture et plastique pure , 2005 AAM. Archives d'architecture modern, ISBN 978-2871431534

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines, Volume III, Europe 1880-1940, Part I [1]
  2. ↑ https://monoskop.org/Avant-garde_and_modernist_magazines
  3. ↑ https://monoskop.org/7_Arts
  4. ↑ The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries edited by Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, [2]
personal data
SURNAME Bourgeois, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian poet
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Charleroi , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1976
Place of death Berchem-Sainte-Agathe