L'EGLISE ST.SEVERIN Parijs

J.D.B. 189 L'EGLISE ST.SEVERIN PARIS 1925
H 210-B 160
L.R.127

J.D.B. 189A L'EGLISE ST.SEVERIN PARIS 1925
H 210-B 160
L.R.127

"De Église Saint-Séverin (Sint-Severijnkerk) is een kleine rooms-katholieke kerk in de Franse hoofdstad Parijs. Het gebouw is gesitueerd in het Quartier Latin, in de Saint-Séverinwijk (de Rue des Prêtres-Saint-Séverin om precies te zijn). Het is de oudste kerk aan de Rive Gauche van Parijs. De parochie maakt tevens – opnieuw – gebruik van een flatgebouw aan de Boulevard Saint-Germain, vlak bij de Saint-Nicolas."

Quartier Latin 5^de arrondissement

L'Eglise St. Severin, Paris (Saint Severin Church, Paris)

Artist:        De Bruycker, Jules (Ghent, Belgium, 1870 - 1945)

Date:         c. 1926

Medium:    Original Etching and Drypoint

Note:         Jules De Bruycker: One of the great Flemish etchers of the early twentieth century, Jules De Bruycker began attending classes at the Academy of Fine Art, Ghent, at the age of ten. His studies were interrupted four years later by the death of his father. De Bruycker then assumed responsibility for the family owned upholstery and wallpapering business and managed it for much of his life. Thus, even after he became a successful artist, many of the class conscious citizens of Ghent referred to him as the tapissier (upholsterer).

         

 

De Bruycker resumed his formal art studies at the Ghent Academy in 1893, under Theo Canell, Louis Tijtgadt and Jean-Joseph Delvin. During this period he made numerous drawings of the poorer peoples and their living quarters. By 1902 he had moved to the Patershol, a leading bohemian local in Ghent which attracted many of Belgium's leading artists and authors. Several years later Jules De Bruycker discovered the artistic medium for which he is now forever associated. In 1905 he saw the etchings of Albert Baertsoen at the Ghent Museum of Fine Art. De Bruycker wrote,

 

    "It was a revelation! My wild enthusiasm for this process was immediate and irresistible." *

 

         Jules De Bruycker's first published etching dates from 1906. Until the beginning of the First World War his themes in etchings concentrated upon the environs of The Patershol, open air markets, theatres and some of the historic buildings of Ghent. In these early etchings De Bruycker first developed his unique imagery in which ancient, grand cathedrals and other edifices are often sharply contrasted with the appearance and actions of contemporary humanity. Usually the inhabitants were the poor and impoverished, thus to some extent making the etching both a work of architectural art and a social statement. In L'Eglise St. Severin, Paris, however, the only inhabitants are a pair of joyfully running children, whose carefree movements strike a wonderful note counter to the towering, ancient buildings surrounding them. In a way perhaps only children can escape the massive weight of such architecture so brilliantly depicted here.

         During World War One (1914-18) De Bruycker joined other Belgian artists such as Charles Mertens, Isidore Opsomer and Gustave van de Woestijne and lived in London. During this time he became close friends with the great British etcher, Sir Frank Brangwyn. In Britain, Jules De Bruycker's reputation as a major etcher gained much impetus. His art was exhibited at the Imperial War Museum, South Kensington, and no less than the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum tried to persuade De Bruycker to remain in London after the end of the war.

         Nonetheless in 1919 Jules De Bruycker returned to live and work in Ghent. He was named a Knight in the Order of Leopold (1921) and a year later his drawings and etchings were the subject of major exhibitions in both Brussels and at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1923 Jules De Bruycker accepted a teaching post at the Hoger Insituut voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp. In 1925 De Bruycker received full membership into the Royal Academy and, in 1927, was awarded Belgium's national prize for fine art. The 'tapissier' had assumed his place among Europe's greatest etchers.

         In 1925 De Bruycker travelled to Paris to visit his friend, the famous Belgian woodcut artist, Frans Masereel. Masereel convinced De Bruycker to undertake a series of architectural etchings which resulted in studies of Paris (1926), Antwerp (1929), Rouen (1930), Bourges (1931) and Amiens (1932). These are among the greatest architectural etchings of the twentieth century, where the buildings seem to possess a living existence somewhat reminiscent of Meryon's etched art. Published in an edition of only forty impressions, L'Eglise St. Severin, Paris exudes similar, masterful elements.

         

 

A contemporary art scholar, De Bosschere, wrote of Jules De Bruycker's approach;

 

    "One doesn't have to be an archaeologist to realize that accumulations of buildings begin to live in the course of many years. Then an indescribable connection develops between people and things. This connection consists of thousands of nuances, which can be detected and observed through these feelings." **

 

         This connection between people and the 'accumulations of buildings', so masterfully rendered in L'Eglise St. Severin, Paris, makes Jules De Bruycker a worthy companion to Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Charles Meryon, Muirhead Bone and the other master etchers of architectural art.

         Today the etchings of Jules De Bruycker are included in such major collections as the Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels, the Museum Voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Harvard University Art Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Edition:      Limited edition of forty impressions.

Reference:         * & ** Stephen Goddard, “An Eye on Flanders: The Graphic Art of Jules De Bruycker” Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas, http://www.jules-de-bruycker.de/

Size: 8 3/8 X 6 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)

         Framed & Matted With 100% Archival Materials

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         L'Eglise St. Severin Paris framed original etching by Jules De Bruycker

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Condition: Printed upon simile Japon paper and with full wide margins extending at least two and a half inches from the plate-mark on all sides. Pencil signed, titled and numbered 25/40 by the artist along the lower margin. A brilliant impression of this scarce etching and in flawless condition throughout. L'Eglise St. Severin, Paris represents a prime, original example of the great architectural art of Jules De Bruycker.

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Original etching by the Flemish artist,Jules de Bruycker.

L'Eglise St. Severin Saint Severin Church Paris Original Etching by Jules De Bruycker