Verougstraete, Hélène ; van Schoute, Roger ; Borchert, Till-Holger ; Bruyns, Elisabeth
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, Gent, Ludion, 2004 softcover, originele geillustreerde uitgeversomslag in kleur, 270 x 220 x 16 mm, 160pp, geillustreerd in kleur en z/w. text in Nederlands. ISBN 9789055445219.
Het verhaal van de restauratie van de Vlaamse primitieven.'Fake - not fake': restorations-reconstructions-forgeries: the conservation of the Flemish Primitives in Belgium, ca. 1930-1950.About art forgery, works that have been wrongly accredited to an artist, copies, false signatures and radical restorations. With this project, the Groeninge Museum takes the important initiative of prompting a public debate about the grey area between restoration and forgery - the first debate of its kind and one that is likely to prove controversial. In view of the composition of the Bruges collections and the history of how they were assembled, this exhibition concentrates on the Flemish Primitives. The central subject is the work of the Flemish painter, art dealer and restorer Jef van der Veken (1872-1964), who is regarded as one of the founders of the restoration of old paintings in Belgium.