Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert
Hippolyte Gevaert or Fierens-Gevaert (1870, Brussels - 1926, Liège) was a Belgian art historian, philosopher, art critic, singer, and writer.[1]
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Life[edit]
He had studied at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles in 1890 and won first prize for singing. That same year he married Jacqueline Marthe Gevaert, daughter of the musician François-Auguste Gevaert (1828-1908). He then joined the Opéra de Lille, but an accident with his voice ended his singing career. He moved to Paris, where he began working as a journalist, writer and art critic and changed his surname to Fierens-Gevaert.
He later became the first curator of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and was also a professor of aesthetics and art history.[2]
Works[edit]
- Essai sur l’art contemporain, Paris : Alcan, 1897
- La tristesse contemporaine, Paris : Alcan, 1899
- Psychologie d’une ville, essai sur Bruges, Paris : Alcan, 1901
- L'Hôtel de ville de Paris, Paris : Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne, 1902
- Van Dyck, Paris : H. Laurens, 1903
- Nouveaux essays sur l’art contemporain, Paris : Alcan, 1903
- Jordaens : biographie critique, Paris : H. Laurens, 1905
- Études sur l'art flamand, La Renaissance septentrionale et les premiers maîtres des Flandres, Brussels : G. van Oest, 1905
- L’Art au XXe siècle et son expression en Belgique, Brussels : Éditions de la Belgique, 1907
- La peinture en Belgique, musées, églises, collections, etc/ Les Primitifs Flamands, 2 vols/, Brussels : G. van Oest, 1908-1909
- La peinture au Musée ancien de Bruxelles, Brussels : G. van Oest, 1913
- L'enseignement de l'histoire de l'art en Belgique, Revue de Synthèse historique 28, 82 (1914) : 82-90,
- Les Très Belles Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry, Brussels : Weckesser, 1924 [and Fierens, Paul : 3rd vol.]
- Histoire de la peinture flamande des origines à la fin du XVe siècle, 3 vols, Brussels : G. van Oest, 1927-1929
References[edit]
- ^ Moxey, Keith (2018-08-06). The Practice of Persuasion: Paradox and Power in Art History. Cornell University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-5017-2903-4.
- ^ Rampley, Matthew; Lenain, Thierry; Locher, Hubert (2012-06-22). Art History and Visual Studies in Europe: Transnational Discourses and National Frameworks. BRILL. p. 276. ISBN 978-90-04-21877-2.
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