
Anna Boch
An Impressionist Journey
Virginie Devillez(Author)
Meta4Books vzw (Publisher)
Published on 10. October 2023
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-94-64666-39-7 (ISBN)
Description
The versatile Anna Boch (1848-1936) was not only a talented artist, but also a highly knowledgeable collector, generous patron, and enthusiastic traveller with a great love of music and architecture. She was the only woman to become a member of the prominent art societies Les XX and La Libre Esthetique, and she was treated as an equal by her fellow artists. Inspired by kindred spirits including Theo van Rysselberghe, Paul Signac and Georges Seurat, Anna Boch set about developing her own personal version of Neo-Impressionism.
Anna Boch's lucid paintings chart her search for line and colour. Her passion for nature took her to remote destinations and imbued her with dreams of beautiful bucolic landscapes that she wanted to interpret. She loved the sea and succeeded in capturing the light and its reflection upon the coast with unparalleled skill, translating it into intriguing but above all timeless compositions. This book presents her oeuvre with more than 100 works, and resolutely claims a place for Anna Boch in the art history of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Edited by Virginie Devilez, with the cooperation of Stefan Huygebaert and Wendy Van Hoorde.
Anna Boch's lucid paintings chart her search for line and colour. Her passion for nature took her to remote destinations and imbued her with dreams of beautiful bucolic landscapes that she wanted to interpret. She loved the sea and succeeded in capturing the light and its reflection upon the coast with unparalleled skill, translating it into intriguing but above all timeless compositions. This book presents her oeuvre with more than 100 works, and resolutely claims a place for Anna Boch in the art history of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Edited by Virginie Devilez, with the cooperation of Stefan Huygebaert and Wendy Van Hoorde.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Belgium
Illustrations
30 Illustrations, black and white; 112 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 292 mm
Width: 245 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1612 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-64666-39-7 (9789464666397)
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Person
Active for more than 25 years in the art world, Virginie Devillez is unanimously recognised as a Belgian and international art expert. Virginie Devillez holds a PhD in Contemporary History from the Universite libre de Bruxelles (2001), published under the title Le Retour a l'Ordre. Art et Politique en Belgique (1918-1945) and awarded the Suzanne Tassier prize by the Royal Academy of Belgium. Curator at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium from 2001 to 2013, Virginie Devillez was the lead project manager of the Magritte Museum inaugurated in 2009. She was also a member of the Acquisition Committee of the Ixelles Museum. From 2013 to 2016, Virginie Devillez managed internationally renowned contemporary art galleries (Daniel Templon, Micheline Szwajcer) before joining Sotheby's where, from 2016 to 2023, she was an expert in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art. In this framework, she was responsible for the sale of a large number of works by Rene Magritte and historical Belgian collections. Virginie Devillez is currently a member of the Rene Magritte Expert Committee, a scientific collaborator of the Universite libre de Bruxelles and guest curator of the Ostend Museum for the research and exhibition project dedicated to the Impressionist Belgian painter Anna Boch. She also sits on the Acquisition Committee of the Delta Museum in Namur. Specialised in provenance, she is a member of the Federal Government's Study Commission for the creation of a Centre of Excellence in Provenance and Restitution. In 2023, Virginie Devillez created her own company of Fine Art Expertise and Advisory.
Content
pp. 8-17 Prefaces
Dominique Savelkoul, Sophie Kervran, Virginie Devillez & Therese M. Thomas
pp. 20-37 Morisot, Cassatt, Boch and the 'Circle of New Art'
Sylvie Patry
pp. 40-57 'Vingtiste, confettiste, meridionaliste'
Evolution of Style Through the Eyes of Art Criticism
Stefan Huygebaert & Wendy Van Hoorde
pp. 60-73 Anna Boch and Marguerite Van de Wiele Face to Face
The Artist in the Writer's Mirror
Laurence Brogniez
pp. 88-107 The Collection as a Reflection of Elective Affinities
Virginie Devillez
pp. 110-127 Anna and Eugene Boch: The Entwined Paths of Artist Siblings
Barbara Caspers
pp. 130-147 Landscapes and Light
Travels with Anna Boch
Eric Min
pp. 150-159 In Brittany
Mireille de Lassus
pp. 172-191 A la recherche des maisons perdues
Looking for the Lost Houses
Marjan Sterckx & Linda Van Santvoort
pp. 192-205 'It's a party for everybody'
Anna Boch and Music
Dominique Bauer & Stijn Paredis
pp. 208-219 The Keramis Earthenware Factory,
a Cultural Presence in La Louviere
Benoit Goffin & Ludovic Recchia
pp. 228-234 Biochronology of Anna Boch
Wendy Van Hoorde
pp. 238-256 Catalogue
Bibliography
About the authors
Index
Colophon
Dominique Savelkoul, Sophie Kervran, Virginie Devillez & Therese M. Thomas
pp. 20-37 Morisot, Cassatt, Boch and the 'Circle of New Art'
Sylvie Patry
pp. 40-57 'Vingtiste, confettiste, meridionaliste'
Evolution of Style Through the Eyes of Art Criticism
Stefan Huygebaert & Wendy Van Hoorde
pp. 60-73 Anna Boch and Marguerite Van de Wiele Face to Face
The Artist in the Writer's Mirror
Laurence Brogniez
pp. 88-107 The Collection as a Reflection of Elective Affinities
Virginie Devillez
pp. 110-127 Anna and Eugene Boch: The Entwined Paths of Artist Siblings
Barbara Caspers
pp. 130-147 Landscapes and Light
Travels with Anna Boch
Eric Min
pp. 150-159 In Brittany
Mireille de Lassus
pp. 172-191 A la recherche des maisons perdues
Looking for the Lost Houses
Marjan Sterckx & Linda Van Santvoort
pp. 192-205 'It's a party for everybody'
Anna Boch and Music
Dominique Bauer & Stijn Paredis
pp. 208-219 The Keramis Earthenware Factory,
a Cultural Presence in La Louviere
Benoit Goffin & Ludovic Recchia
pp. 228-234 Biochronology of Anna Boch
Wendy Van Hoorde
pp. 238-256 Catalogue
Bibliography
About the authors
Index
Colophon