Edgard Tytgat made Quelques images de la vie d'un artiste (A few scenes from the life of an artist) in 1917, on the occasion of the death of his friend Rik Wouters the previous year. Tytgat described and depicted his memories of their friendship in a gripping story; in the prospectus for the edition he stated: 'I will try to make this book into a relic'. The printed cover contains nineteen double-folded sheets of which only the inside is used. On the first sheet is the double portrait of Rik and Nel Wouters, on the next double-folded sheet on the right a flower vignette and on the left Tytgat's self-portrait. Then the story begins, consisting of sixteen consecutive pages with the text on the left and the colour woodcut on the right. The book was written in London and rolled off Tytgat's own press, 'la presse de l'imagier', in an edition of 40 copies. It is Tytgat's first woodcut album.
| Artist |
Edgard Tytgat
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| Title | Quelques images de la vie d'un artiste (A Few Scenes from the Life of an Artist) |
| Date | 1917 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | London TGN |
| Medium and support | woodcut AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | woodcut AAT |
| Inventory number | 2003-AZ-6 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2003-AZ-6 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4809/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
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300015636 landscapes AAT 300236227 townscapes (representations) AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G3
trees
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25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 25HH landscapes - HH - ideal landscapes Iconclass 25I2 village Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 33A5 friends Iconclass 48B13 artist's model, sitter Iconclass 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass 48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass 49M3212 comic strip, 'bande dessinee' Iconclass 61B2(RIK WOUTERS) historical person (RIK WOUTERS) Iconclass 61B2(TYTGAT, Edgard) historical person (TYTGAT, Edgard) Iconclass 61BB2(NEL DUERINCKX) historical person (NEL DUERINCKX) - BB - woman Iconclass 84 tales and fairy tales Iconclass |
| School / Style |
naive art
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phantasy |
| Edgard Tytgat : houtsnijder (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 28.10.1995 - 28.01.1996) / Els Desmedt, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1995 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1995 (p. 88-90, nr. 9c (ill.), 94-112 (ill.)) |
| Kunstenaarsportretten (uit Antwerpen, Brugge en Gent : tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 26 mei - 19 augustus 2007) / Dorine Cardyn-Oomen, Nanny Schrijvers, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Gent : Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, 2007 (p. 65, nr. 67 (ill.)) |
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