Max Rooses (10 February 1839 – 15 July 1914) was a
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writer, literary critic, and curator of the
Plantin-Moretus Museum
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at
Antwerp
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Rooses was born in Antwerp, and went to school there up to 1858, after which he attended the
University of Liège
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to study
Philosophy
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and
Literature
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. From 1860 until 1864 he was study master at the ''Koninklijk Athenaeum'' (Royal Athenaeum) in Antwerp, and in the meantime he graduated with a degree in Literature from the University of Liège. In 1864, he became teacher of
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at the Royal Athenaeum of
Namur
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, and in 1866 in
Ghent
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. Finally on 8 July 1876 he was appointed Director of the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp.
Bibliography
* ''Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schildersschole'' (1873) – a history of the Antwerp school of painting
* ''Levensschets van Jan Frans Willems'' (1874) – a biography of
Jan Frans Willems
Jan Frans Willems (11 March 1793 – 24 June 1846) was a Flemish writer and ''father'' of the Flemish movement.
Willems was born in the Belgian city of Boechout, while that was under French occupation. He started his career in the office of a no ...
* ''Schetsenboek'' (1877) – sketchbook
* ''Over de Alpen'' (1880)
* ''Christophe Plantin'' (1882)
* ''Correspondance de Chr. Plantin'' (1883–1911)
* ''Nieuw schetsenboek'' (1885)
* ''Derde schetsenboek'' (1886)
* ''L'oeuvre de P.P. Rubens'' (1886–1892)
* ''Correspondance de Rubens et documents épistolaires concernant sa vie et ses oeuvres'' (1887–1909) – Rubens correspondence
* ''Letterkundige studiën'' (1894) – literary essays
* ''Oude en nieuwe kunst'' (1895–1896)
* ''Vijftig meesterwerken van Antoon van Dijck'' (1900)
* ''Rubens' leven en werken'' (1903)
* ''Jordaens' leven en werken'' (1906)
* ''Le Musée Plantin-Moretus'' (1914)
See also
*
Flemish literature Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this literature was regarded as an integral part of Dutch literature. After Bel ...
Sources
Max Rooses* G.J. van Bork and P.J. Verkruijsse, ''De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs'' (1985)
* L. C., "Max Rooses", ''Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 25, No. 137 (Aug., 1914): 318
1839 births
1914 deaths
Flemish writers
University of Liège alumni
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