Hippolyte Gevaert or Fierens-Gevaert (1870, Brussels - 1926,

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) was a Belgian art historian, philosopher, art critic, singer and writer.

Life

He had studied at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles in 1890 and won first prize for singing. That same year he married Jacqueline Marthe Gevaert, daughter of the musician

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(1828-1908). He then joined the Opéra de Lille, but an accident with his voice ended his singing career. He moved to Paris, where he began working as a journalist, writer and art critic and changed his surname to Fierens-Gevaert. He later became the first curator of the

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and was also a professor of aesthetics and art history.

Works

* ''Essai sur l’art contemporain'', Paris : Alcan, 1897 * ''La tristesse contemporaine'', Paris : Alcan, 1899 * ''Psychologie d’une ville, essai sur Bruges'', Paris : Alcan, 1901 * ''L'Hôtel de ville de Paris'', Paris : Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne, 1902 * ''Van Dyck'', Paris : H. Laurens, 1903 * ''Nouveaux essays sur l’art contemporain'', Paris : Alcan, 1903 * ''Jordaens : biographie critique'', Paris : H. Laurens, 1905 * ''Études sur l'art flamand, La Renaissance septentrionale et les premiers maîtres des Flandres'', Brussels : G. van Oest, 1905 * ''L’Art au XXe siècle et son expression en Belgique'', Brussels : Éditions de la Belgique, 1907 * ''La peinture en Belgique, musées, églises, collections, etc/ Les Primitifs Flamands'', 2 vols/, Brussels : G. van Oest, 1908-1909 * ''La peinture au Musée ancien de Bruxelles'', Brussels : G. van Oest, 1913 * ''L'enseignement de l'histoire de l'art en Belgique'', Revue de Synthèse historique 28, 82 (1914) : 82-90, * ''Les Très Belles Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry'', Brussels : Weckesser, 1924 nd Fierens, Paul : 3rd vol. * ''Histoire de la peinture flamande des origines à la fin du XVe siècle'', 3 vols, Brussels : G. van Oest, 1927-1929

References

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