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Fernand Khnopff

(1858-1921)


  • Fonds Mercator/ Mercatorfonds
  • by Michel Draguet
This monograph offers an enlightening examination of the life and art of Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921), who strongly influenced Gustave Klimt. Moody, dreamlike paintings, commissioned portraits, designs for costumes and sets for the theater and opera, photography, sculpture, book illustrations. Knopff focused his attention on the design and construction of a lavish, secluded home and studio in Brussels, deeply entwined with the artist's work and sense of self.

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ISBN 9789462301634 | E | HB
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Publisher Fonds Mercator/ Mercatorfonds
ISBN 9789462301634
Author(s) Michel Draguet
Publication date November 2019
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 270 x 240 mm
Illustrations 200 col.ill.
Pages 224
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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This monograph offers an enlightening examination of the life and art of Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921), who strongly influenced Gustave Klimt. Moody, dreamlike paintings, commissioned portraits, designs for costumes and sets for the theater and opera, photography, sculpture, book illustrations. Knopff focused his attention on the design and construction of a lavish, secluded home and studio in Brussels, deeply entwined with the artist's work and sense of self.
A comprehensive look at an important member of the artistic vanguard of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe


Artiste rare, le maître du Symbolisme belge n'a pas bénéficié de rétrospective à Paris depuis près de quarante ans.
L'exposition rassemblera une centaine de pièces emblématiques de l'esthétique complexe de Fernand Khnopff, peintre, dessinateur, graveur, sculpteur et metteur en scène de son oeuvre. L'artiste joue avec les thèmes, du portrait aux souvenirs oniriques, du fantasme au nu, et invite à la rêverie et à une réflexion sur l'identité.

Les oeuvres majeures de Khnopff seront mises en regard avec celles d'artistes de son temps, de Gustave Moreau à Klimt et Von Stuck, permettant de le replacer dans le contexte de l'Europe fin-de-siècle.

Ainsi l'exposition tentera de recréer dans sa scénographie le parcours initiatique de sa fausse demeure qui lui servait d'atelier, comme celle du Palais Stoclet où se marièrent à Bruxelles les esthétiques belge et viennoise. Renonçant à la chronologie, elle abordera les grands thèmes qui parcourent son oeuvre, des paysages aux portraits d'enfants, des rêveries inspirés des Primitifs flamands aux souvenirs de Bruges-la-morte, des usages complexes de la photographie jusqu'aux mythologies personnelles, placées sous le signe d'Hypnos.


This monograph offers an enlightening examination of the life and art of Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921), who strongly influenced Gustave Klimt. Moody, dreamlike paintings, commissioned portraits, designs for costumes and sets for the theater and opera, photography, sculpture, book illustrations. Knopff focused his attention on the design and construction of a lavish, secluded home and studio in Brussels, deeply entwined with the artist's work and sense of self.
A comprehensive look at an important member of the artistic vanguard of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe

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