Full 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 Esthétique, and she was treated as an equal by her fellow artists. Inspired by kindred spirits including Théo 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.
Contents
pp. 8-17 Prefaces
Dominique Savelkoul, Sophie Kervran, Virginie Devillez & Thérèse M. Thomas
pp. 20-37 Morisot, Cassatt, Boch and the 'Circle of New Art'
Sylvie Patry
pp. 40-57 'Vingtiste, confettiste, méridionaliste'
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 Eugène 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 À 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 Louvière
Benoît Goffin & Ludovic Recchia
pp. 228-234 Biochronology of Anna Boch
Wendy Van Hoorde
pp. 238-256 Catalogue
Bibliography
About the authors
Index
Colophon
