Vive Bruxelles!
by Eric van den Abeele
About
This book is an invitation to travel through the posters and wall prints of Brussels, from 1820 to 2020. Drawing on the rich collections of museums, archives and public documentation centers and thanks to the help of private collectors, the author takes us to the discovery of a majestic city, fascinating and astonishing but often unknown. Avant-garde of literary salons, cultural incubator with considerable influence, architectural reference, Brussels is also an unexpected leaven of graphic creation. Henri Privat-Livemont, Jean Delville, Amédée Lynen, Armand Massonet, René Magritte, Julian Key and many others were internationally renowned poster artists who carried the colors of the capital. Thanks to these genius artists, the reader is invited to the most beautiful performance halls, upscale restaurants and unusual cabarets in the capital. The author travels through the ages with a strong idea: to restore Brussels to its exceptional character and its eternal splendor
Ce livre est une invitation au voyage à travers les affiches et les estampes murales de Bruxelles, de 1820 à 2020. Puisant dans les riches collections des musées, des centres d'archives et de documentations publiques et grâce au concours de collectionneurs privés, l'auteur nous emmène à la découverte d'une ville majestueuse, passionnante et étonnante mais souvent méconnue. Avant-garde des salons littéraires, pépinière culturelle au rayonnement considérable, référence architecturale, Bruxelles est aussi un ferment inattendu de la création graphique. Henri Privat-Livemont, Jean Delville, Amédée Lynen, Armand Massonet, René Magritte, Julian Key et bien d'autres ont été des affichistes de renommée internationale qui ont porté haut les couleurs de la capitale. Grâce à ces artistes de génie, le lecteur est convié dans les plus belles salles de spectacle, les restaurants huppés et les cabarets insolites de la capitale. L'auteur traverses les époques avec une idée forte: restituer à Bruxelles son caractère d'exception et sa splendeur éternelle.
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