Van Buuren Museum, Brussels
Brussels's gift to the world is Art Nouveau movement, defined by curling lines and shapes of plants and flowers.
But one remarkable Art Deco style house in Brussels stands out- it is Van Buuren Museum. Now a museum, this house was bought in 1928 by David van Buuren, a banker born in Holland. He married the Belgian Alice Piette (1890-1973) and began a period of 30 happy years with the cultural vocation of their house.
The outdoor architecture of the house is typical of the Amsterdam School. The indoor decoration characterizes an Art Deco style.
L'Institut Bruno Lussato, une maison phare de la Biennale de l'Art Déco à Bruxelles en 2013
La maison d'Antoine Pompe (élève de Victor Horta), qui abrite l'Institut Bruno Lussato à Uccle (Bruxelles) est une exemple typique d'architecture Art Deco, dont le langage architectural fait citation du Bauhaux, de l'Ecole d'Amstredam et de la Sécession viennoise. Construite en 1926, elle a subi d'importantes modifications intérieures, en 1935, à l'initiative des architectes Govaerts et Van Vaerenbergh, architectes de la maison de David et Alice van Buuren, célèbre musée bruxellois. La maison de l'Avenue de la Sapinière, siège de l'Institut Lussato, a été choisie pour figurer en bonne place dans le programme de la Biennale de l'Art Déco qui a eu lieu ces 12 et 13 octobre 2013.
Gustave Van de Woestyne: A collection of 65 works (HD)
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Gustave Van de Woestyne: A collection of 65 works (HD)
Description: In his youth, Gustave Van de Woestyne studied at the Ghent Academy for the Fine Arts. Nevertheless, he was the brother of the painter Karel, who introduced him to the Ghent artistic and intellectual environment to which he had access. At the side of his brother, Van de Woestyne received an intellectual education that ushered him, already at a young age, into the world of literature, classical music and sculpture.
Then in 1900, barely 19 years old, Van de Woestyne went to Sint-Martens-Latem in the company of his brother. The inexperienced academy student was confronted with the sophisticated intellectualism of George Minne. With Valerius De Saedeleer and Jules de Praetere, they formed the nucleus of the so-called first Latem group that was characterised by its symbolist aspirations.
As young artist, Van de Woestyne was noticed quite quickly, and in the years before the First World War, he was able to participate in important international exhibitions in Amsterdam, The Hague and Venice. He was also a guest of the Brussels’ avant-garde group La Libre Esthétique.
Van de Woestyne lived in Latem until 1909. At that moment, the so-called first-symbolist-group had disbanded. Nostalgia for the Latem years caused him to follow Valerius De Saedeleer to Tiegem, where he lived until 1913. Nearby, in Ingooigem, resided another friend, the writer Stijn Streuvels, for whom in 1909 he illustrated the rewriting of the medieval beast epic Reynard the Fox. In 1913, he visited Firenze with De Saedeleer.
He fled, together with the De Saedeleer family, at the beginning of the war, and via Sint-Anna-ter-Muiden, Ostend and London ended the journey in Wales. He lived for some time in the seaside town of Aberystwyth. Afterwards he lived in Llandiloes, the village in which George Minne also spent his exile. Wales, however, was unable to seduce him; in 1915 and 1916, he regularly travelled to London. He finally moved to the British capital in 1917. These London connections brought with them relative well-being. Especially his contacts with the Dutch couple Jacob De Graaff-Bachiene were of decisive importance. This friendly relation and the success he enjoyed in Great Britain even caused him to doubt returning to Belgium at the end of the war.
Back in Belgium, he spent a number of years at the Rozenhuis in Waregem. Modest Huys had also previously stayed in the house of the De Sutter family; after Van de Woestyne, Jules De Sutter took up residence there. He lived in Mechelen from 1925, where he was appointed as general manager of the Academy for the Fine Arts. In the same year he became a painting teacher at the National Higher Institute for the Fine Arts in Antwerp; from 1928 to 1931, he taught monumental painting at the Higher Institute for Decorative Art of Ter Kameren in Brussels.
These official assignments, however, did not prevent Van de Woestyne from remaining a part of the avant-garde. Thus, in 1925 he was the guest of the Brussels modernistic gallery Le Centaure. In 1929, was he was the solo guest of the newly opened Brussels Centre for Fine Arts. In 1926, he also was part of the artistic circle Les 9 that included among others Gustave De Smet and Frits Van den Berghe. Ten years later, together with this group, he became a member of the high-profile circle Les Compagnons de l’Art.Internationally, he was also considered part of the avant-garde. Thus, he was a notable participant in the exhibition L’Art Belge in Grenoble in 1926. On the other hand, from 1928 Van de Woestyne enjoyed the patronage of the Brussels couple David and Alice van Buuren. Their visionary collection today constitutes the most important collection of Van de Woestyne’s work in the public domain, on display at the van Buuren Museum in Uccle.
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Bazaar België: de keuze van Claude Blondeel
Claude Blondeel was jarenlang dé passionele kunstrecensent van de Vlaamse openbare omroep. Naar aanleiding van zijn pensioen in 2013 produceerde hij ‘Bazaar België’: een tentoonstelling met zijn top 100 uit de Belgische kunst, een radioprogramma, een boek en een cd-box.
Bij wijze van afscheid na jaren trouwe dienst als kunstcriticus bij de openbare omroep, stelt Claude Blondeel met 'Baza(a)r Belg(ï)e' een top 100 voor van kunstwerken in Belgische collecties. Hij kreeg daarvoor de medewerking van heel wat musea en kunstencentra die de man een warm hart toedragen. Zo stelde het M HKA werken ter beschikking van onder meer Fred Bervoets, Jan Fabre en Francis Alÿs.
Volgens Klara-nethoofd Chantal Pattyn, zijn vroegere baas, was Blondeel de geknipte man om uit de eclectische 'bazaar' die België te bieden heeft, een boeiende selectie te distilleren. Gastheer voor deze expo is De Centrale, het centrum voor hedendaagse kunst in hartje Brussel.
BAZA(A)R BELG(Ï)E
De Centrale, Brussel
27 juni tot 29 september 2013
De selectie van Claude Blondeel omvat werk van de volgende kunstenaars:
Chantal Akerman / Alban / Pierre Alechinsky / Francis Alÿs / Leo Hendrik / Baekeland / Maurice Béjart / Rémy Belvaux & Benoît Poelvoorde / Benoît / Fred Bervoets / Guillaume Bijl / Michael Borremans / Jacques Brel / Dirk Braeckman / Marcel Broodthaers / Fernarnd Brunfaut / Jean Brusselmans / Jef Cassiers / Jacques Charlier / Davis Claerbout / Emile Claus / Hugo Claus / Frères Dardenne / Berlinde De Bruyckere / Thierry De Cordier / Anne Teresa De Keersmaecker / Raoul De Keyser / Carl De Keyzer / Éric Dekuyper / Wim Delvoye / Joseph Diongre / Christian Dotremont / Lili Dujourie / James Ensor / Henri Evenepoel / Jan Fabre / Michel François / Franquin / Gal / Philippe Geluck / Noël Godin / Harry Gruyaert / Victor Horta / Edgar P. Jacobs / Feyder Jacques / Ann Véronica Janssens / Paul Joostens / Willy Kessels / Maurice Maeterlinck / René Magritte / Marcel Mariën / Frans Masereel / Henri Michaux / Hans Op de Beeck / Panamarenko / Constant Permeke / Roger Raveel / Jacques Richez / Paul Robbrecht & Hilde Daem / Félicie Rops / Ann Salens / Adolphe Sax / Herman Selleslags / Victor Servranckx / Michel Seuphor / Georges Simenon / Léon Spilliaert / Henri Storck / Herman Teirlinck / Koen Theys / Anna Torfs / Marc Trivier / Joelle Tuerlinckx / Luc Tuymans / Alice & David van Buuren / Patrick Van Caekenbergh / Henry van de Velde / Frits van den Berghe / Paul-Gustave Van Hecke / Anne-mie Van Kerckhoven / Paul van Ostaijen / Philippe Vandenberg / Stefan Vanfleteren / Jan Vercruysse / Jules Wabbes / Marthe Wery / François Weyergans / Wilchar / Rik Wouters.
Een M HKA-productie voor ARTtube
Met dank aan Chantal Pattyn, Claude Blondeel, De Centrale, Brussel
Muziek: Kimiko Ishizaka, Open Goldberg Variations
Coördinatie & interviews: Ghislaine Peeters, Jos Van den Bergh
Camera & montage: Mario De Munck