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et 7 mois. Reforme et très pauvre, il se remet au travail. | et 7 mois. Reforme et très pauvre, il se remet au travail. | ||
C'est en 1919 qu'ont lieu, d'abord au "Centaure" de Bruxelles. | C'est en 1919 qu'ont lieu, d'abord au "Centaure" de Bruxelles. | ||
puis Rue La | puis Rue La Poe[[umlauts above e]]tie à Paris, ses premières expositions personnel- | ||
les. Mais déjà auparavant Sélection avait montré quelques oeu- | les. Mais déjà auparavant Sélection avait montré quelques oeu- | ||
vres sculptées, quelques gouaches. Ventes rares, difficiles. | vres sculptées, quelques gouaches. Ventes rares, difficiles. | ||
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Barbazanges), comportait 70 sculptures; en 1927, un autre en- | Barbazanges), comportait 70 sculptures; en 1927, un autre en- | ||
semble à Bruxelles, au "Centaure". 34 sculptures et 34 gouaches. | semble à Bruxelles, au "Centaure". 34 sculptures et 34 gouaches. | ||
[[in pencil English translation above lines in French]] | |||
at #35 Rue Rousselet which he did not leave | |||
till 1928 to occupy his "folly" in #100, Rue d'Assas. | |||
Enlisting voluntarily, he endured the war | |||
for two years and seven months.. Reformed and very | |||
poor, he took up his work again. | |||
It was in 1919 that he had his first one-man | |||
exhibition: at first at the "Centaur" in Brussels, then | |||
at the Rue de La Boe[[umlauts above e]]tie in Paris. | |||
But already before "Selection" had shown | |||
some sculptures, some gouaches. Sales rare, difficult. | |||
The entrance of his studio threatened to crumble under the | |||
weight of a forest of wood and stone. One does not always | |||
understand; the Daily Graphic published reproductions of some | |||
wood exhibits at London but it was to vent the mockery and | |||
indignation of a bourgeois public, of the modern spirit[[stroked out]] | |||
as examples of the monstrous distortions of the modern spirit. | |||
In Paris, one understood him a little better but there | |||
also much mistrust surrounded him: he did not belong to one group, | |||
he kept away from the dealers, he disliked comrades. Nevertheless | |||
André Salmon, Maurice Raynal finished by saying something | |||
well of him, pointing out the worth and promise of his work. | |||
At Brussels, he could count on André de Ridder | |||
and Paul-Gustave Van Hecke, who did much to make him | |||
known in Belgium and Holland. It is in Brussels | |||
and Rotterdam, that he had his first large foreign exhibition. | |||
Other exhibitions followed : Berlin, Rome | |||
Tokio; In 1926 a complete showing in Paris at M. Hodebert | |||
(galerie Barbazanges), comprising 70 sculptures; in 1927 | |||
another exhibition at Brussels, at the "Centaure," | |||
34 sculptures and 34 gouaches. |
Latest revision as of 03:53, 27 July 2023
-3- au No35 de la rue Rousselet qu'il n'a quitté qu'en 1928, pour aller occuper sa folie des la rue d'Assas No100. Engagé volontaire, il subit la guerre pendant 2 années et 7 mois. Reforme et très pauvre, il se remet au travail. C'est en 1919 qu'ont lieu, d'abord au "Centaure" de Bruxelles. puis Rue La Poeumlauts above etie à Paris, ses premières expositions personnel- les. Mais déjà auparavant Sélection avait montré quelques oeu- vres sculptées, quelques gouaches. Ventes rares, difficiles. Le parquet de son atelier menace de crouler sous le poids d'une foreaccent circumflex above et de bois et de pierre. On ne le comprend pas toujours: le Daily Graphic publie des reproductions de quelques bois exposés à Londres, mais c'est pour les livrer à la moquerie et à l'indignation de son public bourgeois, comme des exemples de la déviation monstrueuse de l'esprit d'aujourd'hui. A Paris, on l'ecouté un peu plus, mais là aussi beaucoup de méfiance l'entoure: il n'appartient à aucun groupe, il se tient loin des marchanfs, il a horreur des camarades, Néanmoins André Salmon, Maurice Raynal finissent par dire quelque bien de lui, mettent au point la valeur et les promesses de son oeuvre. A Bruxelles, il peut compter sur André de Ridder et Paul-Gustave Van Hecke, qui font beaucoup pour le fair connai- tre en Belgique et en Hollande. C'est à Bruxelles et à Rotterdam qu'on lieu ses premières grandes expositions à l'étranger. D'autre expositions vont suivre: Berlin, Rome, Tokio, etc. En 1926, un ensemble complet à Paris, chez M. Hodebert (Galerie Barbazanges), comportait 70 sculptures; en 1927, un autre en- semble à Bruxelles, au "Centaure". 34 sculptures et 34 gouaches.
in pencil English translation above lines in French
at #35 Rue Rousselet which he did not leave till 1928 to occupy his "folly" in #100, Rue d'Assas. Enlisting voluntarily, he endured the war for two years and seven months.. Reformed and very poor, he took up his work again. It was in 1919 that he had his first one-man exhibition: at first at the "Centaur" in Brussels, then at the Rue de La Boeumlauts above etie in Paris. But already before "Selection" had shown some sculptures, some gouaches. Sales rare, difficult. The entrance of his studio threatened to crumble under the weight of a forest of wood and stone. One does not always understand; the Daily Graphic published reproductions of some wood exhibits at London but it was to vent the mockery and indignation of a bourgeois public, of the modern spiritstroked out as examples of the monstrous distortions of the modern spirit.
In Paris, one understood him a little better but there also much mistrust surrounded him: he did not belong to one group, he kept away from the dealers, he disliked comrades. Nevertheless André Salmon, Maurice Raynal finished by saying something well of him, pointing out the worth and promise of his work. At Brussels, he could count on André de Ridder and Paul-Gustave Van Hecke, who did much to make him known in Belgium and Holland. It is in Brussels and Rotterdam, that he had his first large foreign exhibition. Other exhibitions followed : Berlin, Rome Tokio; In 1926 a complete showing in Paris at M. Hodebert (galerie Barbazanges), comprising 70 sculptures; in 1927 another exhibition at Brussels, at the "Centaure," 34 sculptures and 34 gouaches.