Souvenir de Senlis
Print
1910 (made)
1910 (made)
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Although he spent most of his adult life living in Paris, the painter and graphic artist Konstanty Brandel often visited his native Poland and continued to consider himself a Polish artist. His work may be described as Symbolist and has much in common with that of figures such as Odilon Redon and Gustave Doré, although Hieronymus Bosch, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Francisco de Goya have also been cited as possible influences.
Brandel’s imagery often includes architecture, particularly Gothic cathedrals. This image is a comparatively conventional detail of buttressing on the façade of one of the great French cathedrals, at Senlis. Often Brandel’s architectural images are fantastic interpretations, with exaggerated and highly improbable structures, scale and perspective.
Brandel’s imagery often includes architecture, particularly Gothic cathedrals. This image is a comparatively conventional detail of buttressing on the façade of one of the great French cathedrals, at Senlis. Often Brandel’s architectural images are fantastic interpretations, with exaggerated and highly improbable structures, scale and perspective.
Object details
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Title | Souvenir de Senlis (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Drypoint and etching |
Brief description | Konstanty Brandel: 'Souvenir de Senlis', etching/drypoint, France, 1910. |
Physical description | View of a fragment of flying buttresses of a gothic cathedral, with part of a tower with barley sugar columns. |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Marks and inscriptions | Brandel (Signature in pencil on plate, between margin of ink and margin of plate on lower right.) |
Credit line | Given by the artist’s uncle, Witold Leitgeber |
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Summary | Although he spent most of his adult life living in Paris, the painter and graphic artist Konstanty Brandel often visited his native Poland and continued to consider himself a Polish artist. His work may be described as Symbolist and has much in common with that of figures such as Odilon Redon and Gustave Doré, although Hieronymus Bosch, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Francisco de Goya have also been cited as possible influences. Brandel’s imagery often includes architecture, particularly Gothic cathedrals. This image is a comparatively conventional detail of buttressing on the façade of one of the great French cathedrals, at Senlis. Often Brandel’s architectural images are fantastic interpretations, with exaggerated and highly improbable structures, scale and perspective. |
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Bibliographic reference | Konstanty Brandel Muzeum Narodow w Warszawie, Galeria Szfuki Wspolczesnej. Warsaw Listopad- grudzien 1977. Prints cat no. 27 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.1436-1993 |
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Record created | August 17, 2006 |
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