Fernand Khnopff by Michel Draguet

Fernand Khnopff by Michel Draguet

A comprehensive look at an important member of the artistic vanguard of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Draguet, an internationally recognized authority on fin-de-siècle art, offers an enlightening examination of the life and art of Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858–1921). Khnopff achieved widespread acclaim during his lifetime for his moody, dreamlike paintings, as well as his numerous commissioned portraits, designs for costumes and sets for the theater and opera, photography, sculpture, book illustrations, and writings. Khnopff was a reclusive personality, and in 1900 he focused his attention on the design and construction of a lavish, secluded home and studio in Brussels, a structure that became deeply entwined with the artist’s work and sense of self. Although the house was demolished in 1936, Draguet uses new archival research to reconstruct its spaces and explore the home as emblematic of the artist, guiding the reader through Khnopff’s very personal world and analyzing his art in the context of its generative surroundings. Distributed for Mercatorfonds

Michel Draguet is professor of art history at the Université libre de Bruxelles and director general of the Musées royeaux des Beaux-Arts in Belgium.

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ISBN 13	9780300246506
ISBN 10	0300246501
Title	Fernand Khnopff
Author	Michel Draguet
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2019-11-26
Number of pages	304
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