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Project

Between personal peasure and public relevance. Private collectors in Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent and the emergence of a national artistic canon 1830-1914
Code
01D26914
Duration
01 October 2014 → 28 April 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • History
    • Art studies and sciences
Keywords
art history History of collecting 19th Century English Belgium Art collections History of taste Interiors Social history History Art
 
Project description
 

The project identifies and inventories the major private art collections active in Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent between 1830 and 1940, determining their social profile and relations and analysing the discussion of their collections in contemporary publications in order to draw conclusions about the collectors’ role in the creation, mediation and reception of a national taste and canon.