Khnopff

Khnopff - F.K., ‘Studio-Talk Brussels’. The Studio, 62, 254 (June 1914), 72-75    

 https://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:107207/datastream/OBJ/view 

In the forefront of those artists whose work in this branch has not already been dealt with in the articles in the Special numbers of THE STUDIO, we must mention De Bruycker, Delstanche, Mignot and Duriau. The contributions of the Ghent etcher, De Bruycker, were remarkable. “His large plate Sous le château des Comtes à Gand” wrote the regular critic of l'Art Moderne, “is one of his most surprising and most impressive achievements. With this amazingly gifted artist his handling of the medium has rapidly increased in dexterity, up to such a point as to become concealed; it disappears beneath the impression which emanates from the work as a whole, and one forgets to scrutinise the technique in complete abandonment to the extraordinary charm which radiates from these strange and moving compositions.” De Bruycker seems at times to draw inspiration from the picturesque romanticism of Gustave Doré, and in his way of magnifying portions of architecture he adopts something of the Brangwyn manner, but by his own natural gifts this Ghent artist dominates these reminiscences and his individuality seems to be more apparent in each successive work.  

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LUDGATE CIRCUS LONDRES (088) 1916 

LUDGATE CIRCUS LONDRES (088) 1916 

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Gustave Doré, Ludgate Hill - a block in the street: 1872

Ludgate Hill, from ''London, a Pilgrimage'', written by William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-94) pub. 187

London: A Pilgrimage' was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Dore, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for protection. 'London: A Pilgrimage' is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.

180 incredible etchings by Dore escort Jerrold on his odyssey through the pulsating city, into the Lambeth gas works, seedy opium dens and grubby bathing houses; peering curiously into the desperate lives of the flower sellers, lavender girls and organ grinders. 'London: A Pilgrimage' is an enlightening work that brings to life the chaotic and gloomy past of a great city on the cusp of modern times.

Peter Ackroyd's excellent introduction sheds further light on the period and the context in which Jerrold and Dore felt compelled to reveal to the world the squalor into which London was slowly sinking. 

Ludgate Hill - a block in the street: 1872 (Pennell):

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Lithograph, printed on Ingres paper. Circa 1920. In the style of Frank Brangwyn  :